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Shawn Colo, Demand Media co-founder, at Splash LA

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, June 28, 2011 | Comments

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Keynote about lessons learned as a first-time entrepreneur and the future of media

Shawn Colo had an idea six years ago and decided to leave his private equity job, partner with Richard Rosenblatt and raise several hundred million dollars to prove it out. It worked. Demand Media, the company Shawn co-founded, went public this year at a $1 billion valuation. At Splash LA, Shawn joined us as one of our keynotes, sharing his ...

How Pandora survived on 12 maxed credit cards

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 14, 2011 | Comments

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Founder Tim Westergren explains Pandora's first five years -- a tale of sheer will

When people, or I should say, when I, talk about successful pivots, I typically refer to Pandora as a great example. As you can imagine, therefore, it was an honor to have Tim Westergren, founder and CSO of Pandora, share his story and hear this inspiring tale of sheer determination, straight from the founder. When I asked Tim at the ...

ngmoco's Neil Young's advice: Burn your boats

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 28, 2011 | Comments

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Must-see video of Neil Young, CEO and founder of ngmoco, sharing lessons at Vator Splash

(Caution: This video contains some profanity. But it's one of the most entertaining keynotes ever. Be sure to go to 7:40 as that is when the speech gets going and the laughs start kicking in.) Most entrepreneurs who've had success under their belt know what it feels like to question their purpose and to ponder "what-if" scenarios. But it's in ...

Mike Hudack on how Blip.tv got its start

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 21, 2011 | Comments

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Closing a deal with a handshake at the urinals shows just how personal investing is

Mike Hudack is CEO and co-founder of Blip.tv, a next-generation TV network with 140 million monthly video views and 30 million viewers. During his keynote at Vator Splash NY, he shared his experience building Blip.tv and raising the initial funds. One of the more unique stories Mike shared is the time he was raising Blip.tv's initial $500,000 in seed funding ...

Ronen advises "people who should not listen"

by Ronny Kerr, December 15, 2010 | Comments

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Avner Ronen, CEO and founder of Boxee, gives advice to entrepreneurs that maybe shouldn't listen

Avner Ronen, CEO and founder of Boxee, set the tone for his talk at Vator Splash with one simple line: "I'm not very good at giving advice and I'm not very sure you should be listening." The idea is that entrepreneurs have succeeded with multifarious approaches, and the next big entrepreneur might even pave a new road. Here are the ...

(Video) Kevin Hartz tips on getting funded

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 5, 2010 | Comments (1)

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How do you get funded by Sequoia Capital?

How do you get funded by Sequoia Capital? That was the topic of a presentation given by Kevin Hartz, CEO and co-founder of Eventbrite, who spoke at Vator Splash September. Sequoia has backed two of Kevin's companies - Eventbrite and Xoom. Sequoia continued to back Eventbrite in the company's most recent $20 million funding round. Faith Merino already wrote a ...

How PayPal helped spawn great entrepreneurs

by Meliza Solan Surdi, October 15, 2010 | Comments (5)

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Peter Thiel, the Don of the mafia, shares lessons from burning $180M to build a new currency

Many people, including Vator's Bambi Francisco, refer to PayPal as the quintessential example of a company that pivoted before pivoting and agile development were popular movements. Scott Banister, an early PayPal investor, told us that PayPal's original plan was thrown out the window. "PayPal had probably 40 people before the full transition from Palm Pilot payments onto eBay payments," he ...

Video: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on IPO exits

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 13, 2010 | Comments (1)

	Costolo shares his lessons as an entrepreneur, including why 'not' to think about exits Dick Costolo, who was recently appointed Twitter CEO, shared his lessons and advice at Vator's evening event, Vator Splash. Among the advice he shared were 1) Have a voice 2) Have a clean term sheet 3) Don't think about exits 4) Think long term 5) Launch late to launch often 6) Don't revisit decisions.
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Tony Hsieh's standing-ovation speech

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, May 17, 2010 | Comments (7)

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At Vator Splash, Zappos CEO explains why the online retailer exists to serve the customer

Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO, received a standing ovation for his presentation last week at Vator Splash, where the top 10 finalists of the Vator Splash competition pitched and seasoned entrepreneurs gave their lessons learned onstage. I don't believe I've ever been to a technology/entrepreneur event where speakers receive a standing ovation. But Vator Splash is not just a tech event ...

Smule's customers are its marketing machines

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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CEO Jeff Smith at Vator Splash on why the product and the end users are the marketing

While social networks have built a stage for everyone to become a writer, or pundit, Smule - the maker of popular iPhone apps Ocarina, Leaf Trombone and I Am T-Pain - has created a stage to give everyone their 15 minutes of "musical" fame. With more than three million people around the globe - with and without musical talent - ...

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on scaling a business

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 8, 2010 | Comments (1)

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Video version of Mark Pincus' 10 chapter to scaling an Internet property

As I mentioned in my introduction to Zynga CEO Mark Pincus keynote at the Vator Splash event, he is not an accidental entrepreneur. This is a rare entrepreneur who's had, for the 10 years I've known him, a whiteboard accessible throughout his entire house. This is a person who's constantly been thinking and dreaming up new ideas. He's had successes ...

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