Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better. Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen. And he said ok got it.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

And we did, until the internet came on the scene a couple of years later and left us holding our floppy disks in our hands. Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli.

Detroit 156

Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

And as long as people put things right and show contrition, situations like this eventually become a “ tempest in a teapot. &# Today’s Internet titans are filled with such momentary lapses. The obvious starting points to think to yourself are: Has something happened that fundamentally affects my customers or partners?

PR 329

PR Management Startup Vietnam 329

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business.

Web 47

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 47

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? YETI also partners with influencers and other brands, borrowing their audience to boost their brand awareness. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. Image source.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

By the time I co-founded what became Mobius Venture Capital, Softbank (our sponsor – at the time we were called Softbank Venture Capital) was the key investor in Yahoo, E*trade, and a number of other large US-based Internet companies. I used to think that these large companies had a clear view on how to help small companies.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital Reputation Affiliate Conversion 70

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. All the other stuff Yahoo! Mail, Sports, etc.

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In June of last year it raised $35 million from Millicom International Cellular , following Serie A funding of $26 million earlier that year from Summit Partners. “We The latter of these two companies, Jumia, has had significant investment. We started with three employees building up an e-commerce platform in Nigeria. Here come the drones.

Nigeria 148

Nigeria Africa Reputation Email 148

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

That’s what you’re supposed to be doing and what your partners and employees are supposed to help with. In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. He told Alexis that they needed to build the front page of the internet. They’re the PR and the security. They’re the step ladder. He said, “We made a mistake.

Exit Strategy 91

Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. Mega VC, Micro VC.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. 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. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. Reid Hoffman. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Makes money by partnering with brands and marketers to publish location-triggered content. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni.

San Francisco 248

San Francisco Venture Capital Analytics Government 248

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. There was no demand in companies for using a wide area network like the Internet and they didn’t believe that the demand would ever be there so we got no funding.

Silicon Valley 141

Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 141

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Michael Mondavi , founder and coach of Folio Fine Wine Partners. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. There was no demand in companies for using a wide area network like the Internet and they didn’t believe that the demand would ever be there so we got no funding.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 2004, you’d raise $500k with just an idea. In fact, it’s been famously written by Chris Dixon, now a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, that 10 million users is the new 1 million users. You had to do crazy stuff like put machines into a datacenter, at this point. Then you’d raise a Series B to scale the marketing.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Product Open Source Distribution 105

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 Instead, by using their loyalty card to make purchases on their website, in a store location, or through a partner brand, you’re able to earn “Star Points”. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today.

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 Instead, by using their loyalty card to make purchases on their website, in a store location, or through a partner brand, you’re able to earn “Star Points”. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today.

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 Instead, by using their loyalty card to make purchases on their website, in a store location, or through a partner brand, you’re able to earn “Star Points”. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today.

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

million in 2004 to $6.5 Instead, by using their loyalty card to make purchases on their website, in a store location, or through a partner brand, you’re able to earn “Star Points”. It was because these companies actually listened to their customers that they were able to grow to names you recognize today.

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 26, 2011

In addition, you may find these tools helpful when sizing up the online presence of a prospect, vendor or potential strategic partner. This is the tool I use most often to get lots of info. [link] Alexa Toolbar – Alexa is a service that collects data on people surfing the Internet using the Alexa Toolbar.

SEO 69

SEO Small Business Marketing Search 69

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lee Odden Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing , a digital marketing agency specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: Content, Search, Email and Social Media Marketing.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 8, 2011

This notion seems to be the current view for start ups these days in this put it out there and iterate quickly Internet driven world. Minimum viable products are okay until you learn how to create the real winner. Really great ideas emerge through lots of little failures.

RSS 56

RSS Social Media Engineer Public Relations 56

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. 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. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. TRUTH : Pitch by analogy.

Finance 78

Finance Cofounder Early Stage Networking 78

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 27, 2011

Like much of the “Twitter is total waste of time” talk that emerged in 2008, there’s truth, hype and money to be made and lost in every new direction the Internet takes us. Use this filter question as you analyze any new tool or direction: How could this help me do a better job serving the customers I already have?

Small Business 57

Small Business RSS Marketing Mobile 57

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2011

I turned to Doug Hubbard, author of Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities to talk about this very idea. Hubbard is the inventor of the powerful Applied Information Economics (AIE) method. He is also the author of How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business.

Search 54

Search RSS Social Media Engineer 54

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 4 days ago Search. or the next Google. have built in 8 years is truly incredible.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet.

Small Business 53

Small Business Marketing Cofounder Social Media 53

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2011

I had to explain that the Internet is not a company and that email comes from having an email account. Now, I teach lots of people how to do somewhat technical things all day long, but I quickly realized I had to dump all level of what I knew and start with simple metaphors just to get my ideas across.

Small Business 65

Small Business Marketing Social Media Web 65

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Okay, I’m Creating Content How Do I Get Someone to Read It 1 Let’s take a step back.

Social Media 51

Social Media Cofounder Small Business Engineer 51

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Amazon saw that the internet would change retail. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. He also had backing from well-known venture capital investors like Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and even Richard Branson.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lee Odden Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing , a digital marketing agency specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: Content, Search, Email and Social Media Marketing.

Web 37

Web Social Media Small Business Social Network 37

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2011

The concept is not new and while it is a very powerful one, it’s been a bit tainted by the Internet marketers and coaches that have jumped into the business of putting these together for profit. I’m not suggesting this isn’t something you would pay to be a part of.

Small Business 58

Small Business Marketing Social Media Engineer 58

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Peter Lehrman, CEO, AxialMarket Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID ( a Financial Times business) Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners. the 1990s.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

My partner Ross Kimbarovsky and I wanted to help people from around the world access creative talent and help creative from around the world find new talent. I was proud of my performance and our rocket ship trajectory, but internal politics and personalities led to a division between the owner, me and a third equity partner.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100