Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

million seed round, we’re looking back at our journey with founders Mike Murchison and David Hariri. Intrigued, Boris reached out to Mike Murchison and learned that he and his co-founder David Hariri were building a social network to help others solves problems online. . That’s a win for everyone. .

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Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley Stealth Term Sheet 151

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. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) Where I Might Expand the Argument.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Early Stage Cofounder 299

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood. 3- Sam Walton.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 97

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup is the recent book by TechStars co-founder David Cohen and Brad Feld. In Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, & Purpose , Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, chronicles his life as an entrepreneur, even prior to his founding and sale of LinkExchange to Microsoft.

Software Review 155

Software Review Technical Review Cofounder Startup 155

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The benefits of TikTok for ecommerce brands don’t start and end with a sale. For example, after initially promoting her range of scrunchies on Instagram, Enchanted Scrunch founder Dasha Derkach started posting on TikTok. It has significantly boosted our sales. Noble Leather Co. Why should your brand be on TikTok?

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Sales Customer Viral Marketing 115

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 On Harvard Business School.

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Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Campus sales reps is a good strategy that Chris is experimenting with, as well as marketing to camp directors.

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Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

Understanding your vulnerability and understanding the power of those with whom you must do business is a very important part of figuring out as a startup how to fit into the broader ecosystem and the art of statecraft is tremendously important in knowing when and how to project power in sales, recruiting, negotiations, fund raising, etc.

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Oauth Software Review Technical Review IPO 150

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 3, 2020

Uber is able to model a virtual fleet of taxis from private cars through a combination of large-scale data analysis, mobile software, mapping, and social networking. Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder and president of Arkenea , a digital health consulting firm. Business Process Automation Can Help Save Costs.

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Technical Review Operations Artificial Inteligence Technology 52

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. My friend Gene Kim, cofounder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails , suggested I get a handheld gaming device. Here’s how to calculate break-even point in sales.”. Enter the Craziness. I protested, saying that I was too busy.

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Technical Review Technical Cofounder Software Review Cofounder 195

Brandanew

DECEMBER 21, 2015

ECommerce sales during Christmas tend to see a big surge as customers prefer the quietness of at home shopping compared to the hassles of finding parking and a store full of people. To make sure you aren’t losing out on valuable sales, advanced planning and a good strategy is vital. You’ve got this! Start here.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Everloop - not convinced that kids need a social network, nice that video was short unlike the other pitches, not sure about private label social networks, it’s a good idea, but then you lose the Everloop identify/brand.

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

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? Most founders that get funded know their backers or have close connections to them well before they officially "pitch.".

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Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 114

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How to Use LinkedIn to Generate Sales Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Combined with the text below you should have a pretty good feel for how to use LinkedIn to generate sales conversations. LinkedIn is the oldest social network. What Does Content for Sales Engagement Look Like?

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Conversion Sales Audience Social Network 75

VC Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2012

Without positive feedback and growing popularity, the critical first few sales become even harder as well as funding being tough to secure. We have doubled the sales of last month with less spending as well as being contacted by five VCs and investors, including two VCs from this list.

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Elevator Pitch Startup Europe Reputation 109

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. We all know the famous story of Apple, which at one point kicked out its co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. But I digress?—?this

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Everloop – not convinced that kids need a social network, nice that video was short unlike the other pitches, not sure about private label social networks, it’s a good idea, but then you lose the Everloop identify/brand.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

The According to Alon Grinshpoon, co-founder and CEO of EchoAR: “3D content is now everywhere. Users are flocking to multiplayer 3D universes such as Fortnite and Roblox that allow people to interact with 3D content and use it to represent their identity – these are the new 3D social networks. Oculus Quest 2.

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Cofounder Mobile Revenue Cloud 184

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Find free office space at Loosecubes. Thats real money."

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science. In the cases of all the founders I just mentioned the answer was yes. A developer co-founder means cutting back on a significant expense.

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Web Technical Review Developer Cofounder 40

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs. Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. 4 Winning Strategies for Social Media.

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Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

”By 2017, Asia-Pacific will have the largest social network population worldwide. By investing in the region now, we are positioning Socialbakers to help both global and regional brands to benchmark and optimize their social marketing performance,” says Socialbakers CEO and co-founder Jan Rezab.

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Asia Czech Republic Singapore Social Media 178

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. “Social commerce is rapidly becoming the preferred way to do business online,” says Dickson Gregory, CEO and co-founder PayWhere.

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Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The number two thing is lack of a technical co-founder. If you attend networking events, you’ve probably met a lot of entrepreneurs with an idea who need a partner to build it. Partner with a Programmer After they have their big idea, most non-technical founders set forth to find an engineer to form a partnership.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Non-Compete RSS 40

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP.

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LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake. It offers a freemium of their social network to everyone, has a premium plan as well as a free trial of this plan, plus it also monetizes on the ads.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP.

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LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2013

by MaryAnn Bekkedahl, co-founder and president of theSwizzle. To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. MaryAnn Bekkedahl is co-founder & president of theSwizzle and an expert in email organization.

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Email Cofounder Social Network Channel 145

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). New financial services and healthcare regulation will also create the need for related IT solutions.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. Filed under Uncategorized.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

Influencer marketing, if done right, can help your startup or small business grow your audience, improve sales, and expand brand awareness through social media. It not easy for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketing strategists to keep their marketing campaigns relevant and competitive.

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Marketing Software Review Social Media Audience 62

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? . Mari Holds a B.A.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60