2004 Advertising Cofounder 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2011
Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman. IPOs dried up.
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Founding Date: 2004. Kayak Software Corporation.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 7, 2008
It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. Finally the day came, we unleashed the landing page, emailed our existing customers, and started advertising online. False negatives would be an issue, but combining ad words with other forms of advertising, such as guerrilla marketing, might yield a more robust answer.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 5, 2013
by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. A new paradigm.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
You declare how much someone clicking an advertisement is worth to you, and then the search engine does its best to get you as many clicks as it can at that price. BillSeitz - yes, but that was already true back in 2004. Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing.
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