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Collective Wisdom For Tech Startups

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    Do you ever wonder what keeps the founder of Casper (https://casper.com/) awake at night? How they came to dominate podcast advertising? And how much your startup's name matters? (spoiler alert: not m...
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    • 10 years ago
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    Luck is an important part of any startup, but Match.com's CEO talks about how it shaped his career. He sold his first company for $30M before graduating college, but just weeks later the market crashe...
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    • 10 years ago
    01:31
    Tinder has changed the way people date, but Match's CEO Sam Yagan (https://twitter.com/samyagan) explains what makes the site work—and it's more than the right swipe. Yagan explains how Facebook and i...
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    • 10 years ago
    02:48
    In the early days of a startup, almost all press is good press. As you mature as a company, it becomes a more complex calculation. Follow Founder Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcollecti...
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    • 10 years ago
    01:24
    99% of founders would be well served by making sure their fundraising strategy dovetails with the prices their natural acquirers would pay. Basically, if the big players in your industry are stingy, d...
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    • 10 years ago
    01:21
    Good news Series B startups, the difference between your last deck and an IPO isn't that different! Just keep up the good work! Follow Founder Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcollective S...
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    • 10 years ago
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    In the early days of OKCupid, co-founder Sam Yagan tried to get reporters to write about his company. When they balked, he cut out the middleman, and developed a data-driven content marketing strategy...
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    • 10 years ago
    01:30
    + Think big: Large companies don't want to buy small companies, unless you have some critical tech, or key people. If you want to get acquired, you need to build something impressive. + Build relati...
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    • 10 years ago
    02:49
    An important thing for founders to remember when they take investment, and add people to their board, is that they're in effect hiring their own boss. Match.com CEO Sam Yagan shares some advice on how...
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    • 10 years ago
    00:44
    Match.com CEO Sam Yagan manages workers in offices in Dallas, Vancouver, and Paris—the secret? Video. High quality video, along with a fair amount of flying, are the keys to success. Follow Founder C...
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    • 10 years ago
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    Today we’re going to talk to Sam Yagan, the CEO of the newly-public Match Group. Match is a dating conglomerate that combines Match, OkCupid, Tinder, and Plenty of Fish under one banner. The company ...
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    • 10 years ago
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