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Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia met at the Rhode Island School of Design and became roommates in San Francisco in 2007. Talk about a business with humble roots. A prominent design conference was coming to town and the nearby hotels were sold out.

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Virtual worlds – then, now and next

VC Cafe

The first major economic transactions in virtual worlds started around 2007 when the City of Amsterdam inside Second Life was sold for $50,000 or when someone bought a unique elf on World of Warcraft for $9,500. Fortnite partnered with Nike on Air Jordan outfits. Virtual Worlds Aren’t new. Virtual worlds and commerce.

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Big Idea vs. Lean Idea

Seeing Both Sides

My entry for Twitter, as recorded in early 2007. As Jordan Cooper recently wrote in his provocative blog post " Rise Strange Thinkers.We “Seems niche. How many people want to tell everyone randomly what they’re doing and how many really want to look at it?” . -

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Cracking The Code: "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About.

Cracking the Code

One of his secret: "Incentivize your marketing team on sales not leads" Jeff Jordan, CEO of OpenTable speaking about his IPO process: " Build relationships with key public investors 2-3 years before going public (Morgan Stanley, Fidelity and T. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. out of 5!

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Serial Entrepreneur Finds a Passion for Beauty and Customer Care

Hearpreneur

In 2007, I opened by first beauty-related business, Valina Salon & Day Spa, which was a luxurious sanctuary for every service under the sun. I could not live without my Passion Planner, the Evernote app and my assistant, Jordan, who keeps me and my schedule in line with our priorities.

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The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses

YoungUpstarts

.” The recording artist now considers himself the “Air Jordan of VitaminWater,” whatever that means. until 2007, and Manson decided to jump into the newly opened market. Marilyn Manson’s absinthe. If you were curious what Manson’s drink of choice is, now you know. Manson now won’t drink any alcohol but absinthe.

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Members of Congress on Twitter

Altgate

  The more transparency we bring to government the better.