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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Playing Startup

Agile VC

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble. When we started LinkedIn, it was a similar situation.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

www.readwriteweb.com

Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. The opposite approach of index investing is an actively managed or concentrated investing approach. Follow McCann on Twitter @Mccannatron. Roberts also takes issue with the emphasis on ?social social proof?

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Podcast Strategy: A Roadmap for Businesses

ConversionXL

The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. Hosting fees range from free to $99/month, but the most common starting point will run about $20/month for reasonably robust management and reporting. Podcast distribution. Let’s get started. .

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Playing Startup

View from Seed

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble. When we started LinkedIn , it was a similar situation.

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Playing Startup

Agile VC

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. We were a profitable company at that point with nearly $200M annualized revenue, one of the first tech companies to IPO after the dot-com bubble. When we started LinkedIn, it was a similar situation.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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