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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. The company was called Red Beacon. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award.

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The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Test interest.

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