Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In just five years at VisionSpring, she’s tripled the company’s impact and wildly expanded its reach and reputation. Along with longtime partners like Warby Parker, Ella and the VisionSpring team are making it their priority to use their immense resources for this unprecedented fight. billion people worldwide who need them.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Both me and my co-founder, Abhishek, met in first year of collage (IIT-Bombay). In the summer of 2008, I took a week’s vacation from my full-time job, which I promptly spent holed up in my apartment, sketching out the blueprint for my future business. I haven’t looked back since. Thanks to Garren Heye, Ruckworks. #2

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

Remember Dave Carroll, the dude who created a protest song, United Breaks Guitars , when his guitar was broken during a trip on United Airlines in 2008? Well, Carroll is back, but this time he’s surfaced as a co-founder of – surprise – online customer complaint resolution service provider Gripevine.com. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. I wouldn’t work in this business long if I had a reputation for screwing over other investors to get a deal. Reputation. It is 2010. Brain damage.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. Your customers and your investors like partners? So then what? I hope you will.

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Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

As my partner and I traveled across the pond to pitch a tech investor in the UK (our 37th pitch), I remember making a million tiny tweaks to the phrasing and focus of our plan. I could tell my partner was getting nervous. It was 2008, and the world of online interviewing had yet to fully mature. But then, it happened.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

First, if the VC does 15-20 of these under one partner then it is certain he can’t spend any time with these investments. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. Great reputation. is now a VC.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

I reminded them that it is all about which partner you get at the reputable firms he was targeting. they are ultimately service firms and the partner that sponsors you and joins your Board really matters. And to make sure you are picking the right partner for your business?—?and We had already chosen Highland as our lead.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. 4) Used to Reconnect.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. Through this process he raised $2 million.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

Sonia Simone Sonia Simone is the senior editor of Copyblogger and a co-founder of Copyblogger Media , a company with a suite of valued marketing and training products and more than 55,000 customers. Deliver a great recipe for your topic, and just like that killer marinara sauce on the back of the tomato can, it will get passed along.

Social Media 42

Social Media Email Small Business Programming 42

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. When IMVU instigated a policy of banning users from voicing their thoughts, however, even more damage was done to the company's reputation in the eyes of many. " I couldn't agree more.

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