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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) I wish I could claim I deftly foresaw this, but I was just seeking recurring revenue to to cover OneMatchFire’s office expenses. Now it’s time for the Finance, Portfolio and Expansion teams to take over.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. So now it's the chief revenue officer, right. Look, you've worked hard to grow your business and finding CRM software. More About Cameron Herold: The COO Alliance.

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

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. I started thinking about other types of businesses I could run, and I thought software was really appealing. software.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

“TripAdvisor is to travel reviews what Kleenex is to tissues.”. . Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. Thanks to Nick Chandi, SlickPie Accounting Software ! #8 I started my business back in 2004 when I wanted to escape the corporate rat race.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.