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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I first met Ethan in 2005. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. The company was called Red Beacon.
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. BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? Online text book rental service. Other Deals.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this. That little online book company. I still think it was Amazon that created this category not the other way around.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
We recognized that it was a large business, with American Greetings having about an 80 million dollar a year e-card business, and we thought we could bring some hipness and freshness to the category. Those books have the kids as the main character, and include their name as well. So, we launched JibJab eCards.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 9, 2010
For every layer if I mention companies please don’t assume that I’m suggesting there aren’t other players in that category. When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. Especially to a company that sells books! I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
We recognized that it was a large business, with American Greetings having about an 80 million dollar a year e-card business, and we thought we could bring some hipness and freshness to the category. Those books have the kids as the main character, and include their name as well. So, we launched JibJab eCards.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
I shifted my thinking a few years ago after I read Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Workweek (link is to a short summary I wrote). I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. He turned me down for a job in 2005. Is that OK? I think so. [I I know many of you are not yet persuaded].
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