Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In fact, he had four development co-founders, built a relationship with Peter Thiel, a top VC who invested early, and enticed Sheryl Sandberg to fill the COO role he sorely needed. With the pervasive internet, and global social networks, it’s easy to be visible and connect to your customers, and they expect it.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. billion less than 5 years after it was created.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Early Stage Cofounder 299

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic is a long term visionary of our online future and the Metaverse. Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ founder and CEO. Here we go! Epic Games. but still lost $2.8

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market. No obligation; the current founder will not know who you are unless you decide to contact him. It’d make a great “social&# network site.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. It can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff when you’re talking to a marketing person (‘Ah, you do internet marketing?

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Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2018

Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Your ability to promote yourself and learn from these will determine your ultimate success.

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Technical Review Marketing Social Network Reputation 148

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2016

By Dan Bochichio, co-founder of Bocain Designs. It’s 2016, and just about everyone either does business online or uses the internet as a tool to discover, rate and engage with businesses they rely upon. Investing your time in expanding your network online can be smart too.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Boris wrote about the latest opportunities in enterprise SaaS , while Max outlined some of his current investment themes , from the Open Internet to climate change. Interest 1: The next generation of patient social networks. Today’s online communities for those with chronic illnesses are quite outdated.

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Social Network Vertical Cofounder Software Improvement 102

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 196

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Your ability to promote yourself and learn from these will determine your ultimate success.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network Reputation 274

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

by Aytekin Tank, founder & CEO of JotForm. In the realm of software and internet companies, 2006 was a whole different landscape, and it was the year that I founded JotForm. At the time, most users accessed the web through Internet Explorer. Myspace was the largest social networking website in the world.

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Bootstrapping San Francisco New York City Software Developers 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it.

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Technical Review United States Cofounder Social Network 160

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. Before you can afford staff dedicated to social media, spread the duties around. Prioritize social networks.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co., By taking the time to learn about each social platform, the company was far better-positioned to appeal to followers on each. Different social networks attract different audiences,” says Allison Butala, Herschel Supply’s social media manager. 2] [link]. [3]

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

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). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2016

Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Your ability to promote yourself and learn from these will determine your ultimate success.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Marketing Technical Review Social Network 120

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The audience size identified is encouragingly large, and the frequently used phrases and words (brick mortar, retail, founder) align directly with our target audience. Developing a social media following. Take SparkToro’s Co-founder, Rand Fishkin. This isn’t true. Take SparkToro’s website.

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Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I didn’t know anything about the internet, but I knew that he was a very smart guy, so I called him and asked if I could come. He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. These are some “smart and scrappy founders” he told me, keep an eye on them. We were able to invest!

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Technical Cofounder Los Angeles Cofounder Social Network 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I didn’t know anything about the internet, but I knew that he was a very smart guy, so I called him and asked if I could come. He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. These are some “smart and scrappy founders” he told me, keep an eye on them. We were able to invest!

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Los Angeles Social Network Cofounder 60

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s considering making me the permanent co-host so if you enjoy any of this episode or want to see me on the show on a more regular basis please Tweet @jason and let him know (he asked for direct feedback). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. uh, hello!

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking.

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Connecticut Cofounder Web Silicon Valley 286

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. instead of having to travel home. .&# instead of having to travel home.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other day, I noticed an eye-catching headline: "Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began". How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Did I mention it only took the founder a month?

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Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 112

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. Or how about the inventor of the Internet? And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit. He was there, too.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Some e-commerce websites might decide against offering social login if their target audience is aged 55 or older – these users are much less likely to have social accounts. The same goes for businesses operating primarily in countries where social networks are blocked, such as China or Cuba.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

explosion, when new social networks were popping up on a weekly basis, About.me Linktree essentially transforms a single link to multiple links in a branded environment where brands, influencers and creators can highlight their content, commerce and additional social channels. In Oct 2009, during the web 2.0

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San Diego Social Media Cofounder Bootstrapping 179

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? The challenge will be getting people used to this - hence the 25 years. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

The funny part is that I didn’t realize Eventbrite had male cofounders since Women 2.0 always spotlighted Julie Hartz, cofounder and wife of Kevin. Kevin’s bio on EventBrite.com: Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & CEO of Eventbrite, a company changing the way events come together online, and happen offline.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley San Francisco 49

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

There more than 35,000 engineers working on building it, and a strong level of passion/engagement in the communities being built around this ‘New Internet’ But with that, there are also challenges, which are less discussed. Opportunities for startups and investors in the Metaverse.

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