Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Over a coffee in a small office in Cupertino (yes, their name is related to their founding hometown), we talked about how it was the right time to build a new networking company due to the confluence of three major trends: cloud, software defined networking (SDN), and the consumerization of IT. The discussion struck a chord with us.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. trillion by 2030.

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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 Launching and Finding Early Traction.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey. I did almost every VC meeting myself save for when one of my co-founders, Tim Barker, was in town. The expectations of our company having raised $16.5

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Kevin Federline Search Engine Just saw a post - Sleep with a pop star, get your own branded search engine. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. in Computer Science.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the Nudge Podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Marketing Podcast with Mike Evans.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

What we realized was that while our coworking crew all self-selected to join this communal space, the employees of this startup were just kind of dragged along by the founder and told to work here. Speed Our Boathouse started out with four founders and went through several stages of growth. It was their office. exponentially.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 23, 2023

Our participation in Anchor ( later acquired by Spotify ) generated both a return and a friendship between us and the founders. Seriously though, were there things you saw as a founder – or an angel investor in other people’s companies – that informed your own approach to venture now? So that’s what I’m trying to do.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Do you think I should asterisk these types of posts with a “YMMV, if you’re a non-white male founder all these things will be harder?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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Eric Friedman

MAY 1, 2023

The theme of becoming a better advisor has been a core principle of how I make decisions – from the people I choose to work with, companies I invest in, founders/execs I coach, and really what I do with my life. Through this network I have grown my own practice, again operating, coaching, and investing in some of them.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

At seed-stage startups, especially companies with well-networked founders and investors, finding applicants who can do a job on paper is not overly difficult. To help you more effectively build your early teams, we asked a group of founders to share their favorite interview questions when they build new startup teams.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Entrepreneurs have to get really comfortable with rejection, especially as a first-time founder. This is what most founders do. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering. Solve the rest later.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Filebase launched the Filebase Content Delivery Network , a CDN specifically optimized for IPFS content delivery. with participation from Figma Ventures and founders of leading engineering-driven companies. The program starts April 8. You can apply here. Dinari launched its B2B API and managed account services.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Any number of things can cause this server to break — a power failure, a network failure, a bad configuration change, too much traffic arriving at once, and so on. Gas-powered engines that are used infrequently have a tendency to stop working, so they have to test and maintain those units. Let’s take power failure.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Startup Co-Founders: If You Cant Recruit Em, Should You Join Em?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

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Mucker Lab

JULY 11, 2023

Understanding the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) A good way to think about search is essentially as roadmaps drawn by targeted keywords, which branches outward to create intersections that become digital real estate - websites, media, ads, and more. High authority often leads to higher search engine rankings.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Don’t get us wrong, Nokia was one of the first innovators in the cellular world, being the first to create a cellular network. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000. Let’s dive into these stories. The consequences of this are well known to us today.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

In addition, Amazon launched two dedicated funds: Alexa Startups – The Alexa Startups team engages founders and investors through startup programs, business development, and technical support. Startups spend 10 weeks working closely with AWS experts, alongside an extended global network of investors and entrepreneurs. Physical space.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). He’s the Founder of theCLIKK, an email newsletter about digital marketing. Russ also consults and trains employees of companies through his Digital Advisor program.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

Founders do not have this luxury. Most founders are going through hell right now, and that is not going away any time soon. For investors and founders, the next several years are going to be very different. Pre-seeds will be tougher as investors gravitate more towards proven founders or folks within their existing networks.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

Nearly 10 years ago, Excite founder Joe Kraus, now an investor at Google Ventures, declared “there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.” ” Kraus was talking about the economics of startups—the cheapness of servers, networks, and other raw ingredients of computing. No Problem! Hardware was expensive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Why Shipping Is Important When Building Shipping defines software engineering in a magical way that is challenging to understand. In the fintech ecosystem, the development of a product could mean the transfer of billions of dollars per month, and consumer product creation and delivery can have an impact on a vast network.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

by Saeju Jeong, CEO and Co-founder of Noom Coach. Here, I outline five principles all co-founders must agree on before working together. It’s important for co-founders to each have their own personal strengths in a business so they can divide the responsibilities and succeed in their respective roles.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

by Felix Winstone, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Talkative. As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. Robert Metcalfe, co-founder and CEO of 3Com, says you need to think about it as “recruiting, not hiring”. Hiring = Sales. Be Specific.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Simone Semprini, CEO & Co-Founder, TourScanner. Some events turned to digital, but business events don’t offer better opportunities than a video call without personal networking. A few months after the world discovered the first Coronavirus case in China, a general lockdown has completely changed the lives of billions of people.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. Social networks become more valuable with more users; consumers’ discounts become larger when more people join the coupon; commerce marketplaces benefit from increasing liquidity, and so forth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash Networking is a critical part of relationship building and there is no event more valuable to building relationships than the proverbial “breaking of bread” with people. You should allow a period for general networking, a chance to eat your first bites of food and some casual catch ups. It matters.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

by Jennifer Sultzaberger, founder of #vidit. If you want to be found online today, you need to be thinking in terms of online visibility not traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Although it is still important to be positioned well on a search engine page, the Internet has changed dramatically.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

For example: Mitch Kapor was a founder of Lotus. He’s a founder of Andreessen Horowitz, which has backed Facebook, Skype, Jawbone, and dozens of other companies whose products you use. He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Eric Ries will interview him.

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datacommunitydc.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Why You Should Not Build a Recommendation Engine. Recommendation engines are arguably one of the trendiest uses of data science in startups today. However, recommendations engines are widely misunderstood both in terms of what is involved in building a one as well as what problems they actually solve. Bio Latest Posts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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