Archive for July, 2008

Raising Money for a StartUp Company

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

I’ve spent a good deal of time in the past 12 months raising money for docstoc. I thought I understood the process, but before you really go through it yourself for your own company, its hard to get the full essence of the experience while on the sidelines.
I had selectively helped some folks raise [...]

Viacom vs YouTube

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

You can read more about the decision Here and Here.
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Linkedin vs Facebook for Professional Connections

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I’ve been an avid LinkedIn user for the past five years, since my first year in business school. I think they’ve done an amazing job in three main areas.
1.) Users Became Mass Marketers - I proudly imported all my contacts to show I had the largest network and then sent them all messages asking [...]

Starting a Business

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about starting businesses, helping people start businesses, and trying to start my own.
When I was 7 years old I started my first business - “Loans Incorporated” - it went like this….
I never got an allowance, but for some reason I got an obscene amount of lunch money, [...]