thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

No matter how capable and experienced, an entrepreneur needs as many trusted, networked and experienced eyes and ears to help her navigate through this dynamic market. In early days, the network effect of employees, advisors, investors is key to gaining market traction and scale:

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

Key employees will join us as soon as we get funded." When investors contact these key employees who are supposedly set to join a company, the response is often, "I vaguely remember meeting the CEO at a cocktail party." If you''re going to tell this lie, make sure that these potential employees are locked and loaded and ready to join.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

We rode the bubble wave to a successful outcome in 2000 , and after moving away for a few years which included a stint at business school , I returned back to Boston in 2004, and it felt like the web entrepreneurial community had almost entirely scattered after the crash. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I understand that now, being an investor in companies that have over 100 employees, closing in on $100mm run rates, where it’s been a long time since I was a Board Observer and most of their interaction is with the bigger, later stage investors that came after me.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Copies of the company’s data should be stored off-site, in a location outside of the region’s disaster impact zone to help guarantee employees can access vital information despite the interruption. How will the business’s employees access data to resume working after a disaster? Employee training. Disaster recovery plan.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when you’re starting a business.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

That business was sold in 2004 and provided JAMCO with its first profitable exit which resulted in the creation of a sizeable pool of capital to use going forward. In every large city, there tends to be a few groups of angel investors loosely operating through a network that pass around business presentations and plans.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

G erson Lerhman Group (“GLG&# , but not to confuse with the hedge fund), the world’s largest monetized expert network, and Bloomberg Professional Services announced a high-value collaboration, enabling Bloomberg Professional clients access to more than 50,000 select GLG Council Members through the Bloomberg terminal.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 13, 2019

To be clear, the founders, early investors and many employees ended the day very rich indeed. Google IPO 2004 – 5 years after it was founded. The low barriers to entry aren’t just because of the simplicity of the software model, but counter to popular belief, there isn’t a dramatic network effect.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. They only had 13 employees! Unique social networking product. Highly profitable.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today. communication. and customer expectations.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today. communication. and customer expectations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 26, 2011

Administrative Professionals Day is April 27th and Supervisors, bosses and business-professionals can also express gratitude by nominating a standout administrative professional, colleague or peer from their LinkedIn Network into the American Express Recognize and Reward Sweepstakes at ForEverythingYouDo.com.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when you’re starting a business.

Idaho 65

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today. communication. and customer expectations.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2011

Both employees and customers benefit from a business where play and laughter are as treasured as profit and process. A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 In response, the company initiated a new training program for employees that focused on retaining customers and overcoming easy objectives. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today. communication. and customer expectations.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when you’re starting a business.

Idaho 60

Idaho Denmark Silicon Valley Startup 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2011

Present.ly – A private microblogging tool that has great applications for businesses wanting to share a stream of information with employees and customer groups. Swiffy – A Google Labs project that makes it very easy to upload your flash movies and convert them to a format that will play on the iPhone and iPad.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. He was an interesting guy and I watched him throughout a bunch of interesting projects, like a complete open source business where all the employees got to make the decisions. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are 10 excellent career lessons that employees, managers, and business owners alike can take away from the Olympics. It can be devastating to work so hard and have nothing to show for it, as Allyson Felix explained after finishing second in both 2004 and 2008 (though she came back this year to earn the gold). Don’t give up.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 20, 2014

An unsolicited domain slamming email from Network Solutions / Wikipedia.org. ICANN introduced the safety measure of domain locking, also known as registrar-lock, in 2004. When you set the lock it prevents accidental modifications, such as transfers, from happening. Some domains run on “EPP” code.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Pamela Slim Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

6. Not Leveraging Employees. Your employees are your content assets. Find the 10% of employees that are content creators and nurture that. Stop thinking from a campaign mentality. Content for your customers is a promise. Execute a content marketing editorial calendar.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Pamela Slim Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan. He can be found blogging at his main blog Planning Startups Stories.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

You imagine yourself winning the employee of the year award; your colleagues will leave the best parking spot open for you just out of sheer gratitude for all you’ve done for the business! You’re elated and energized; your boss is thrilled! This is really going to drive people to your door!

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

Dictionary.com defines coworking as “ an arrangement by which freelancers or employees working for various companies share an office or other workspace. “ Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work. Let’s dive in: - What is coworking?

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Likewise, 72% of consumers prefer brands whose employees share information online. Fostering a personal brand , and empowering your employees to do the same, helps build perceived value, trustworthiness, and credibility. Our advantages were almost all network-driven.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

When I help other people through skills in digital marketing, I’m able to give more to clients, employees, my family and the community. In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. Ironically I discovered this to be a need when I was attending job seeker networking groups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: * Learn more here.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I re-ignited Anvil as consultancy, but I wasn’t quite ready to hire employees yet. After taking another year to build a second email marketing startup (with Anvil running in the background), I finally decided it was time for me to commit to building my own team and Anvil grew in earnest in 2004. Image Credit : Frederique Murphy.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. An aspiring entrant would need to build a network of railways to compete independently. Why would Tesla let others use its network, which could be a moat to protect it from electric competitors? “I They own the tracks.

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