Remove 2004 Remove Cofounder Remove Software Review
article thumbnail

The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

article thumbnail

Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation.

Phoenix 175
article thumbnail

Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

ConversionXL

Elevate your founder and employee personal brand. Take SparkToro founder Rand Fishkin. Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. If you teach people how to run their businesses more effectively, they’ll look to you first as they search for software solutions.”.

Demand 115
article thumbnail

Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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. Kayak Software Corporation. Founding Date: 2004. Series A Preferred.

article thumbnail

The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by Donovan Janus, founder of 17hats. This presents a chicken-and-egg question: are people with mental health issues more likely to become entrepreneurs, or are entrepreneurs more likely to develop issues due to their lifestyles? Don’t expect pinpoint software to solve your problems. What can technology take off your plate?

Cost 100
article thumbnail

Optimizing Your Agency For Profitability

Duct Tape Marketing

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas. His podcast — The Agency Profit Podcast.