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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

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. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. I’ve referred more than 20 startups to AngelList, vouched for a dozen other investors and am ranked as one of the top connectors on the site. What is your viral coefficient? viral video. Focus on traction.

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Marketing 101: Branding your offering in a competitive environment

crowdSPRING Blog

In 1998, Google was the new kid in an established (if not quite mature) market for Internet search, and by 2004, it was by far the leading Internet search engine, handling almost 85% of the search requests on the web. Have we established a “frame of reference?&# , 2. Establish a frame of reference.

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Out of the Crisis #5, ANA Therapeutics: a possible COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic

Startup Lessons Learned

51:36) Scientific background on niclosamide, what we know about how it works to stop viral replication. (52:48) It's all published from 50 to 30 years ago, and every paper that has ever come out again about niclosamide references these same papers. 43:26) Differences between coronaviruses and other viruses. (44:41)

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How to Run Effective Online Sweepstakes Campaigns

ConversionXL

Viral aspect of the campaign: The more sharing, the more points, and the greater the chances of winning in both the weekly and main prize (luxury all-inclusive weekend in Vihula Manor) draws. What was the most surprising was the fact that most participants came from viral growth (shared links, which where tracked). Image credit.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

Both Sides of the Table

They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. there was no frame of reference for the value. My key take away – frame of reference in pricing is important. How has the viral coefficient been for you?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). The title is CEO Friday and you referred to David as a recruiter? Saturday edit : Wow, this post has hit quite a nerve. March 26, 2011 at 4:47 am. Haters gonna hate.

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