Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2010
Social networking meets online personal health management. When I trained for the London Marathon in 2003 I bought a Nike device that I put on my shoe that measured my distance and pace via my Nike watch. When I ran the London Marathon I did this by raising money for Parkinson’s disease. But wait, there’s more !
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
million for a social networking site 18 months ago. It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). . - You have a “strategic investor&# who wants to invest in your B round as long as a financial investor will lead. You raised $1.5
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser. In 6 months? In 3 months?
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.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 16, 2011
It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 21, 2011
Both of these moved signal a renewed focus on making both Profiles and Places pages more important in their ecosystem and perhaps ultimately in a social network of some sort.
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