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VV Show #59 - Barry Silbert of SecondMarket Updated: 2009-08-19 16:13:45 Description: Download the MP3. Any shareholder in a startup can tell you there's a big difference between paper wealth and cash. Short of an IPO or outright acquisition, there are few options to cash out for the shareholders of even the most thriving private...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #58 - Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser of Grasshopper Updated: 2009-05-20 21:45:20 Description: Download the MP3. "Dial 1 for sales, dial 2 for support..." Ten years ago it cost over $10,000 to get a phone system with the advanced options we're used to hearing when we call big companies. Having a professional-sounding phone system was a s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #57 - Fabrice Grinda of OLX Updated: 2009-04-27 23:41:40 Description: Download the MP3. Craigslist seems unbeatable. It's often blamed (or celebrated) for destroying the classifieds business that helped keep American newspapers afloat. Now second-time Venture Voice guest Fabrice Grinda is seeking to dominate onli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #56 - Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software Updated: 2009-04-13 16:32:48 Description: Download the MP3. Joel Spolsky first came on Venture Voice over three years ago to discuss his company which he launched in a very different way from most entrepreneurs. Rather than start with the big idea and pay lip service to building a great...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #55 - Graham Hill of TreeHugger Updated: 2009-03-23 16:24:56 Description: Download the MP3. Graham Hill started the blog TreeHugger to cover green issues in 2003. After a steady climb in traffic and advertising, Graham sold the company to Discovery Communications in 2007 for $10 million. Since launch and even after th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #54 - Tim Westergren of Pandora Updated: 2009-03-09 20:05:41 Description: Download the MP3. It takes only a few seconds to customize a radio station on Pandora. Its founder Tim Westergren has been struggling for almost a decade to make it that way. Pandora was five years in the making before it streamed a single song ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #52 - Sam Wyly of Maverick Capital, Green Mountain Energy, Michaels Stores and Sterling Software Updated: 2008-12-03 14:52:08 Description: Download the MP3. Not to be called a one trick pony, Sam Wyly's turned himself into a billionaire by starting and growing companies in technology, oil, retail and even in the restaurant industry. Coming from a modest upbringing, Sam worked in sa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #51 - Jeff Stewart of Mimeo, Monitor110 and Urgent Career Updated: 2008-11-10 15:22:55 Description: Download the MP3. Jeff Stewart needed that done yesterday. Jeff became an entrepreneur when he founded the web consultancy Square Earth in 1995. Only three years later he became a serial entrepreneur by starting Mimeo, a service that lets you se...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #50 - Derek Sivers of CD Baby and Muckwork Updated: 2008-10-23 16:55:28 Description: Download the MP3. Last time Derek Sivers was on Venture Voice three years ago he told us he had to "whack 'em [investors] off with a stick". Now we know why. Derek announces on our show for the first time the amount he sold his company for this ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #49 - Rafat Ali of paidContent and contentNext Updated: 2008-07-23 16:37:03 Description: Download the MP3. Attention entrepreneurs dealing with the current economic downturn: This interview is for you. After working as a journalist for Jason Calacanis at Silicon Alley Reporter, Rafat Ali ended up broke in a market with a dearth of e...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #48 - Frank Addante of The Rubicon Project Updated: 2008-04-07 12:00:00 Description: Download the MP3. Whether working with market trends or against them, Frank Addante has found entrepreneurial success. Before he was 29 years old, one of Frank's companies went public and two were acquired. At his worse, he returned capital to i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #47 - Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins Updated: 2007-12-12 21:44:34 Description: Download the MP3. The name Tom Perkins is now almost synonymous with venture capital, but it's clear that he cut his teeth as an entrepreneur. Educated at MIT and Harvard, Perkins first made his mark by managing the initial growth of Hewlett-Pac...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #46 - Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp Updated: 2007-06-25 00:23:23 Description: Download the MP3. Jeremy Stoppelman is the co-founder and CEO of Yelp, a site where users can write and share reviews of local businesses. Everyone's now a restaurant critic. However, local reviews were not the original focus, but just one of se...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #45 - Kevin Ryan of Panther Express, ShopWiki and Music Nation Updated: 2007-04-27 17:56:44 Description: Download the MP3. Not many entrepreneurs have a motor like Kevin Ryan's. Kevin is best known for his work as CEO at the on-line advertising firm DoubleClick, which he grew from a 20 person start-up to the largest Internet company in New York at ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #44 - Venture Voice Startup Workshop Coverage (part 2) Updated: 2007-03-09 07:39:17 Description: Download the MP3. Marketing a startup is tricky business. Every entrepreneur faces the dilemma between allocating time to improving the product and marketing the product. If the two can be mixed just right, then perhaps sterile marketing can go ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VV Show #40 - Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn Updated: 2006-11-03 16:30:52 Description: Download the MP3. Real business networking takes place in the country club, at the chamber of commerce and on the golf course. After all, the Internet is just for friending strangers on MySpace and poking friends on Facebook. If you said all tha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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