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NOVEMBER 30, 2012
million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. 25 Years of Writing Code. 25 Years of Writing Code. The financing round and new hire will enable the firm deliver even more benefits to its customers, including custom solutions when necessary.
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APRIL 21, 2010
In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. They have done 3 startups in the customer support space and one that wasn’t.
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JULY 29, 2010
People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). There’s some stuff here that I even prefer not to put into writing. Are the write ups worth doing or not? they take time!!
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MARCH 22, 2010
. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage.
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JANUARY 28, 2011
I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)? They fund people with no customers. What I learned was how to work with teams. ON SUCCESS.
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DECEMBER 9, 2010
I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. Many of the biggest customers wanted to be able to physically walk through our data center – how could I give up something so strategic? I was dead set against it. Especially to a company that sells books!
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