Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? This version is the shorter, ADHD version. The Past (1985-2002).

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The problem is that most of us have no idea how to make them useful — or we’re embarrassed to cut the cord when they’re not — so we end up with a bloated calendar full of ineffective conversations that we dread. I’ve learned a few key lessons that have now helped me develop the confidence and clarity to own my calendar and scale my work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

We all intuitively know how important human connections are in business but for many people it’s like exercise or eating well – one of those things you keep meaning to get around to. After my first Tweet with the Notorious mothafucka quote , I thought about my role as a VC and I Tweeted the following.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

This week, we published a four-part series about how Klaviyo co-founders Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen bootstrapped their startup into an e-commerce marketing automation platform now valued at $4.15 Part 1: How Klaviyo transformed from a lifestyle business into a $4.15B email titan. yourprotagonist. The Klaviyo EC-1. The Klaviyo EC-1.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

But, in the US, only wealthy accredited investors * have been allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to invest in entrepreneurs and their startup companies (without extensive disclosure of the business plan and risks inherent to such new ventures). We will circle back on these two “lessons learned” below.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What Is Your Process for Developing New Business Ideas?: 16 Experts Weigh In Sixteen entrepreneurs, from Founders to CEOs, unveil their personal blueprints for birthing a business concept. I never care about competition because I know potential competitors can’t do bottom-of-funnel targeting the way I can.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 18:15 – Learnings from managing that he applies to himself. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 30:00 – Investing in yourself.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Its sugar-free sodas, milk teas and energy drinks sell in 40 countries and generated revenue of about $450 million in 2020. So we thought we should take a closer look and see what this company’s graph can tell us about the new wave of Chinese D2C entrepreneurship looking to take over the globe. The company aims to reach $1.2

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

About My First 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. Episode Transcript This transcript has been condensed and edited for readability and clarity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As a young company, it has had to switch business models a couple of times to see what sticks in a very tough African market. They can either access lessons via streaming or use the SD cards to download and store the content. But uLesson has introduced new features for an all-encompassing edtech play for this demographic.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. In a nutshell – I think airbnb eventually got to the right place and I was impressed with the letter their founder Brian Chesky wrote and their new commitment to safety and damages.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? It isn’t new stuff. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

2:45 – Why not just sell directly to consumers? 4:30 – What are the macro trends in Meesho’s favor in India? 4:30 – What are the macro trends in Meesho’s favor in India? 11:10 – Most impactful user stories. 26:45 – How hard was it to pivot the business and how did they manage it?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2019

Vikram Beri is an EO New Delhi member and the director of business development at FieldKing , a manufacturer of farm equipment founded by his grandfather in 1978. In late 2018, Vikram celebrated the second anniversary of his youngest, perhaps most meaningful, startup. Her: It’s great, I’m learning a lot.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. Thank you, John. were doing. He decided to join.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Receptions | 8:30 am . Arrive early to grab breakfast and a seat, as this is always one of our most popular receptions at Disrupt. Come for the news and analysis, stay for the jokes — and breakfast! TC Plus Stage | 2:10 pm. Day one of TechCrunch Disrupt is in the rearview mirror, and what a great day it was!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

When I learned the identities of the travellers, I sat aghast. It quickly became clear that this Bear needed to be taught a lesson– so we decided to stop purchasing the Bear’s goods.” Betwixt a placid pond and the high road rests an inn. That is where you shall find me, a humble inn keeper. My lot is service to others.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s an important film and the most important topic of our generation if we as a country want to remain competitive in a world that has globalized. I’m not talking about the overwhelming weight of responsibility of thinking about extreme global poverty. I heard many people with the telltale sniffling.

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