Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. We three partners are working hard. Congrats! . Thanks Lee.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. He has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

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. round closed Feb 2005. Series A Preferred. round closed in June 2004. Read More ».

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt.

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Have an account? instead of having to travel home. instead of having to travel home. .&#

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners. Global Syndication Partners. 3 Comments.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Blake is the founder of CoHabitat, a startup community and hacker co-working space that’s become a hub for startup entrepreneurs, developers, and creatives. Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters.

Dallas 60

Dallas Intellectual Property Fort Worth Japan 60

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. In 2005, while at the CIA, Don helped found Intellipedia , the Intelligence Community-wide wiki, with his colleague Sean Dennehy. Anyone can just edit?”

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

To be clear I’m a big believer in the power of teams, but we’ve had some success here backing solo-founders and then helping them find a co-founder shortly after that. Having had some success we are looking to rinse and repeat, and that has led us to think about the whole co-founder question in more detail.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  The criteria for inclusion on this list is rough but basically boils down to the primary author of the blog has to be a founder or C-level executive at an entrepreneurial organization and write relatively frequently about entrepreneurial stuff.    So with that in mind, I created a list of entrepreneur blogs. 

Cofounder 59

Cofounder Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 59

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). Ryan was encouraged to team up with Tim and shortly after that happened we co-led the first round VC financing with Boulder Ventures. It has been a rocket ship from there.

Software 70

Software Technology Agile SCRUM 70

VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Juan Delgado-Moreira, co-CEO of Hamilton Lane, a $900 billion asset management company, said in an interview last week : “Now is the best time to invest in Israel. credit rating forecast dropped in November, and since then the S&P 500 index has jumped by 15%. Investors do not give the credit rating the same attention as before.

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Israel Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. 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. Thanks to David Tile, Article-Writing Co ! #23-

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur LLC Technical Review Finder 149

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

She is also the co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation.

Web 67

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 67

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 124

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. Have an account? In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Social Network 94

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.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Startup Due Diligence 40

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

I’m the founder of Movylo Shop (www.movyloshop.com), a SaaS mobile commerce solution. Richard Rabins Co-Chairman Alpha Software, Inc. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Top From Our Partners. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Global Syndication Partners. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Airbnb raised $112 million to take its peer-to-peer marketplace global, and car rental company Zipcar successfully went public.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

Cameron is t he founder of the COO Alliance, the World’s Leading Network for Seconds in Command. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. This is John Jantsch.

CTO 93

CTO Cofounder Networking Operations 93

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

I hired Kara as my legal intern in 2005 while I was working at a small firm doing workers comp and personal injury law. 11-Suggested by my partner’s husband. In the early 2000s, my co-publisher and I were writing a book on how to break into freelance writing by breaking the rules. 1- Our names. Photo Credit: Olof Mathé.

Naming 115

Naming Singapore Entrepreneur South Africa 115

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win. 5000 2006-2010), a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 100,000 small businesses.

Small Business 48

Small Business Social Media Engineer Matching 48

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. What will that partner tell their partners?

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Several years ago, my partner and I were busting our tails for 18 hours a day, but we weren’t really running our home services business. Working with my business partner and with my PR consultant, I first came up with the tag line, Motivate To Activate Your True Potential(tm). co” URL or name, Walker approached Yahoo!

Naming 103

Naming Entrepreneur Green LLC 103

Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At Coremetrics, I had to use mainframes and dumb terminals, clients and servers, the credit card industry, and any other analogy we could think of when explaining our idea to prospective investors, customers, and partners. Brant Barton, my co-founder, and I had left Coremetrics to start it together. this was 2005.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. We all know the famous story of Apple, which at one point kicked out its co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. But I digress?—?this

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

That was the thought behind Meebos decision to offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who referred qualified potential employees to the company that launched in 2005. The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. So are referrals.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In 2005 they realized that this business was going to evaporate over night with the introduction of YouTube. Working with a family member (Evan, the co-founder is his brother)? Gregg founded the company with an equal partner – his brother Evan. How did the Introduction of YouTube affect your business?

Viral 303

Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. Still in business today and run by my co-founder. to date from some of the best, including most recently Workday and others.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Austin Equity Cofounder 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman).

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My partner and I locked ourselves in a room for about 4 hours. And fun we’ve been having crossing the the country helping companies communicate better with their customers and co-workers. I remember hearing the Spanx founder, Sara Blakely, talk about brand names and how having a strong K sound in your name made it more memorable.

Naming 107

Naming Entrepreneur Social Media PR 107

www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Friday - May 27, 2005 at 09:21 AM in. Ideas dont have a lot of value by themselves, they tend not to be unique, and by staying secret a startup gives up the chance to get valuable feedback from prospective customers and partners. One of the cofounders has been active on a mailing list for Asterisk , an open-source Linux-based PBX.

Stealth 40

Stealth IP NDA Startup 40

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

We started the Barefoot Wine brand in our laundry room in 1986, made it a nationwide bestseller, and successfully sold the brand to E&J Gallo in 2005. Back in 1986 when Barefoot was founded, my cofounder Bonnie Harvey and I pioneered what we call “worthy cause marketing” (WCM). Think creatively about marketing.

Small Business 210

Small Business Retention Government Distribution 210

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

I’m fortunate to have three amazing partners, an awesome team that I get to work with every day, a hugely supportive set of about 20 LPs, and hundreds of entrepreneurs who we love to work with, and whom I think respect us and appreciate us a great deal. In early 2006, my partners at Mobius and I decided not to raise another fund.

LP 156

LP Advisory Board Venture Capital Early Stage 156