reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. 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. Reid Hoffman. Reid Hoffman.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Since co-founding Moz in 2004, Rand has continually put himself out there as a public face. They used this to their advantage, hosting webinars with affiliate partners and using their influence to drive sales. To save on resources, the team ran the same webinar repeatedly, hosted by different partners. Take Demandbase.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital. David Teten is a past Advisor to Real Ventures. *We

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 24, 2021

This notorious quote has been attributed to many individuals, but, originally it was used at a stand-up meeting in February of 2004 by David J. That’s why companies that are using this approach are considered to be more trusted to partner up with other businesses. Trust and transparency. A great deal of trust is built by transparency.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

Benitez has been involved in social media since 2004, and interestingly enough has met the famous Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, who are most famous for alleging that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg stole their social networking idea from them. Young Upstarts is a media partner of e27 and Echelon 2011. What Could Have Been.

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

links » Attracting a CTO to your startup Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 05:29AM by Charlie ODonnell Businesspeople ask me all the time how to find a technical partner for a startup. Dont forget that this person is adding you as a partner just as much as youre adding them, so look in the mirror and think about what you bring to the table.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com).

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Founding Date: 2004. round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Kayak Software Corporation. Series A Preferred.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. This is so critical if you plan to build a strategic partner platform. Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). That VC who saw me stick through hard times at my first company and get an exit at both companies is the firm where I’m now a partner. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. The Feld Group grew rapidly during this time period until it was acquired in 2004 by EDS.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

Lindel joined Foundry Group as a partner to lead the fund investing activity of Foundry Group Next. We’ve had the opportunity to work with Founder Collective’s partners – David Frankel, Eric Paley, and Micah Rosenbloom – over the years on several companies. It starts with the people.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

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JUNE 24, 2011

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

In 2004, Googling terms like “high tech marketing” and “startup” I discovered “ The Four Steps to The Epiphany ” at Cafépress.com. However, when I looked into the detail, most of them did not have even early adaptors and the problem wasn’t “chasm crossing,” it was that almost nobody wanted their products.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

Back in 2004 when Eric and his IMVU co-founder Will Harvey approached me about investing in IMVU, I agreed on one condition – they had to take my Customer Development class at UC Berkeley Haas Business School. He was named entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School in 2010 and is currently an IDEO Fellow. Taking My Class.

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JUNE 21, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 10, 2011

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JUNE 7, 2011

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JUNE 9, 2011

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Raised money from Splitrock Partners (of whom Matt thinks very highly) experience was so emotionally traumatic he came out of it vowing he’d never go thru that again – get cash flow positive RIGHT NOW!!! [if

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MAY 4, 2011

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). We offered Ryan space to work out of our office which he did for a year or so as he got things up and running.

Software 70

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I had come from a world where I was nearly a partner at Accenture before starting my first company. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. I traveled out there with our then head of sales & operations (and my business partner) Stuart Lander.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. He's a podcast advertising specialist and also founded the tech podcast network way back in the dinosaur days of podcasting 2004. That was the one they started in 2004. So Todd, welcome to the show. So you're right there with me.

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MAY 16, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

When I started blogging in 2004, there weren’t many VC bloggers. When these relationships function properly, the two parties become true partners in the entrepreneurial journey. I followed Fred Wilson and David Hornik’s lead and just started writing what was on my mind about, well, anything that was on my mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. And especially if you are dealing with early stage firms where partners might have different areas of specialization but they might have a lot of connective tissue across things. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Is that when it became big?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The company has become a sub partner of many other companies since many use the service. #5. Facebook was founded and developed by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. However, it became the scope of the Google Search Engine that many of us use today.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. We created KOYA to bridge the distance. Photo Credit: Sandy Stein.

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MAY 17, 2011

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Do you collaborate with a team or partners? [06:14] Because you can, do you have a team of implementers or if somebody does need more than say you personally can provide, do you bring in partners? John Jantsch (14:07): I have a client that I've had since 2004, and they really literally just want a monthly check in with me.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

20:05] Why wouldn’t you use a resource plan with your white label partners to some degree? [20:52] Sometimes you might be using white label or outsource partners. And so it requires you to have very good partners. If it's done intentionally, you apply enough margin to what those white label partners are charging.

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