reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Your first slide should articulate the investment thesis in generally 3 to 8 bullet points. To show potential revenue streams, we listed three products: ads, listings, and subscriptions.

Entrepreneur 111

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. annual GMV.

Internet 88

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

So, based on my spectacular successes and painful failures around the world, I've developed a ladder of sustainable success. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Invest in the site experience now to differentiate yourself from the competition, and create irrational loyalty.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. This turned out to be a good move since it doubled their revenue that month. He has a great stats page that shows everything from monthly revenue to the breakdown of users by plan type.

Software Review 78

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. There was a meme that started going around LPs around 2005 that “I’m not sure LA is really its own venture market” and some LPs actually believed that.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

3) Love Solving Puzzles. Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages. I have faced, and continue to face, many challenges along the way—evolving from an editor to a business owner, developing a memorable brand, finding great talent, to name a few.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

While we love getting ideas from our team and have seen some stellar product development and user experience decisions generate from brainstorming and having an open office environment, we try not to let everything come to a vote. And usually, its something that has a serious revenue-generating impact on my company. Hiring Poorly.

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