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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! Ps check mypicasso.com.

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High Tech PJs? Startup Produces Performance Enhancing Sleepwear

The Startup Magazine

Catarina Dahlan, Co-Founder and CEO at Dagsmejan. After a good night’s sleep we feel refreshed and energised, ready to make the most of each day with a clear mind,” says co-founder and CEO Catarina Dahlin. Though the startup was founded in Switzerland, the clothes were featured on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

Last summer, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, joined the many airlines and hotels that have partnered with Switzerland-based Winding Tree to bypass intermediaries using distributed ledger technology. Winding Tree Co-Founders: CEO Maksim Izmaylov (left) and COO Pedro Anderson (right).

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How Working Collectively Can Create a Better Customer Experience

Duct Tape Marketing

How Working Collectively Can Create a Better Customer Experience written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. We frequently work together and share experience to provide added value to our customers. via PhotoPin. Leverage collective knowledge. Form a collective network.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. Through the 5 R’s of the circular economy—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle—EAL converts donations of customer returns and other excess inventory into operational savings for colleges.

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The Taxonomy of the Lean Startup Pivot

blog.startupsquare.com

2 Comments Tags: Customer Development , lean startup , pivot , Strategy. Having gone through 51 iterations of my mockups and gathered as much as feedback as I could with our primitive alpha, I feel confident about our basic customer problem hypothesis. This is “Customer Need&# in Eric’s list.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The founders coming out of the DEC ( Digital Equipment Corporation ) and Intel culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s. As an early employee I worked all hours of the day, never hesitated to jump on a “ red-eye ” plane to see a customer at the drop of a hat, and did what was necessary to make the company a winner.