Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is about $46 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2011

It actually is still only marginally profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and value themselves today internally at $4B or more.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. Matthew Graczyk: I started the company in December of 2006, but I knew I wanted a strong finance and operations person, and a strong etch person. There's also a lot of other noteworthy people, including senior executives from Yahoo and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2010

It actually is still only marginally profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and value themselves today internally at $4B.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo!

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: we didnt even know Yahoo! ► March (2) 4. How will we.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. ► March (2) 4.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. Richard Rosenblatt. gigaom.com. . Paul Grahm. Rick Heitzmann.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Those crappy bots not only cost you money because they keep your server busy and increase your bandwidth bill, they actively decrease your advertising revenue because your visitors hit the back button when your page isn’t responsive due to the heavy bot traffic. Thanks in advance!

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Clark Landry is an entrepreneur and investor with several successful exits and 10+ years of experience at online advertising and consumer internet ventures. Otis Chandler – Founder and CEO of Goodreads.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

I first attended SxSW in 2006, and was blown away. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization. . Meg Garlinghouse, Yahoo! Bootstrapping business, Clients, Profitability. . Nick Francis, Brightwurks.

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