Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But the other archetype is a thirty-something entrepreneur who, taking his experience seeing the playbook of success at larger growing startups or even “established” companies, utilizes that domain and functional expertise as unique insight into founding a company. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the female startup club, hosted by Doone Roisin and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Marketing Podcast with Cameron Herold.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] leehower. link] leehower.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Of most interest is the story of Mr. Peter Thiel investing $500,000 into the company in 2004, at an effective valuation of $4.9 Through this professional and personal networks, Thiel sees a lot of deals. Aspiring entrepreneurs who seek their name in lights pray to it. Most of them are duds, but a few are world-beaters.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

When I started blogging in 2004, there weren’t many VC bloggers. Nature of the relationship The mirror Context Network What happens in between Availability and relevance Delivering a message that can be heard. Sometimes investors, independents and entrepreneurs forget this. Today, VC content pieces are everywhere.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo!

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. While foreign entrepreneurs wait for the Startup Visa to become a reality so they can go launch their startups in the US, France has quietly had a similar program in place for some time. billion online in the first quarter of this year.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. The correct answer is to closely manage the overall network – promote the good people and kick out the bad people. What’s important is to correct them quickly.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

As an entrepreneur at heart, I often innately grasp the potential of entrepreneurs and ideas that I meet with. These days, I am seeing a large number of first time entrepreneurs with great ideas, which is fantastic to see. There is inherent risk taking when you haven’t done it before, which often leads to true innovation.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs “why they started their businesses.”

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. approx 2004-09. Angels relish the opportunity to invest in passionate and driven entrepreneurs with ambitious visions of the future – who doesn’t want to be part of the next wave of innovation?

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

" I first started using Phanfare in late 2004 and have been a fan since.    So Andrew's vision of rich network connected clients have moved from the desktop to the next battleground, the mobile handset. .    And now Phanfare has staked its claim in the mobile market with its iPhone app ( get it here ). 

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

Vancouver executive Christopher Kape is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who founded JAMCO Capital Partners , an early-stage investment and strategic advisory firm that focuses on a number of industries, including gaming, high-tech, food and wellness. While it is possible to get lucky once, it is unlikely to happen time and time again.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. On top of this, my role allows me greater flexibility and a daily sense of accomplishment helping other female entrepreneurs make money and put their best foot forward through beautiful branding and website development.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

She is a columnist for Inc.com “Women in Business” and has been published in DM News as well featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, ClickZ, and B2B Magazine. Janine is VerticalResponse’s CEB (Chief Executive Blogger).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

4 Steps to Leveraging Your Network to Build Your Business written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Networking doesn’t have to be about luck, but most people I work with treat it that way. Like any marketing endeavor, some simple planning can greatly increase your chances of success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3 One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. We had to fold after three years of not making a dollar.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. We had to fold after three years of not making a dollar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

Among a sample of companies started in 2004, two-thirds of founders were in the 35-54 age bracket. If you connect these dots, it becomes clear that middle-aged entrepreneurs will play a central role in leading us out of our recession and restoring normal levels of employment. Tags: entrepreneur startup boomer business.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The ATI staff, structure and entrepreneur-rich environment alleviated some of the logistical burdens present for a small organization and allowed the Wi-Fi Alliance to focus on growth. And today more than 700 million people around the world use Wi-Fi, and the term “Wi-Fi” is understood in most languages. device compatibility was established.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

The study, by Professor Olav Sorenson of the Yale School of Management and Michael Dahl of Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark, is titled “ Home Sweet Home: Entrepreneurs’ Location Choices and the Performance of Their Ventures.” You need investors and early employees to trust you and those are people you already know,” he says.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Fell in Love. My advice for people making the switch from full-time worker to entrepreneur is to know your strengths. It began as a network that brought physical copies of newspapers to travelers abroad. Image Credit: Nick Gray.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild. and no, we didn’t. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. This lasted from about 2001-2004. So how did Mike get into VC?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

However, for many successful entrepreneurs, weighing all of the personal and financial issues that go into this decision can be gut-wrenching. Each one can provide valuable lessons to the entrepreneur. Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. Unique social networking product.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2011

marketing business art entrepreneur writing speaking All rights reserved. iThemes Builder by iThemes Powered by WordPress Delicious Facebook Digg Flickr LinkedIn Twitter SlideShare Youtube grab this.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their financing decks.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2011

Unapologetic Rules for Entrepreneurs Are You Making Evil Plans? You can listen to the show by subscribing the feed in iTunes or a variety of other free services such as Google Listen (Use this RSS feed ) or you can buy the Duct Tape Marketing iPhone app. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent. These trends seem likely to persist.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

And they want to be seen displaying compassion because they want to be loved themselves.” ( West, 2004 ). Share It With Your Personal Network. However, in doing so, you’d be excluding the most powerful audience: your personal network. What really drives their behaviour is the need to be seen to care.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 5, 2011

After writing the War of Art Pressfield encountered numerous entrepreneurs that related to this thing called Resistance and found parallels in what an entrepreneur faces, be they a plumber or attorney, and what a more traditional creative faces.

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