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Come for brunch. Bring billions.

7 points by mercurio 19y ago

wallflower 19y ago
Before Superwall, Before Jia Shen of Rock You was a Facebook/Myspace luminary, presenting talks like "Designing Viral Apps: Engineering the Viral Loop"... "Fresh-faced entrepreneurs Jia Shen and Lance Tokuda were running out of money to fuel their start-up when, in February 2006, they landed a Founders Brunch invitation from venture capitalist Saar Gur. They pitched their business to anyone who would listen, even planting themselves in front of the eggs to get attention. They hit pay dirt with Internet entrepreneur and investor Ariel Poler who, in turn, introduced them to other financiers. Today, their company, RockYou, whose software allows users to add slide shows to their profiles on Facebook and MySpace, has raised millions of dollars and garners more than 1 billion page views a month."
dualogy 19y ago
Bring billions. Pageviews, not profits :D
zach 19y ago
I'm a little perturbed by the glamorous aura this article projects. It's like Biggie Smalls does start-ups. Billion dollar valuation, much love from the Crunch Time to slip into the Prius, creep to the Founders Brunch Sucka VCs, start lining up for Series C My elevator pitch gets a yes by floor three
- LogicHoleFlaw 19y ago
  innovator go work later after the brunch sushi-eating valley lovers packed in a bunch bring your ideas get a ride here don't gotta shave meet the founders money movers in this enclave social webbing two point oh bling VCs galore advertising monetizing eyeballs and more keep it frugal win like google no time to fail epic times and bustin' rhymes with xobni email hackers coding hits exploding ride the new wave servers melt your hand is dealt now roll for the save
  - ALee 19y ago
    To those who don't get the Xobni reference: At the end of the article: ""I don't usually get up this early on Sundays," said Matt Brezina, the 26-year-old co-founder of Xobni Corp., a San Francisco start-up that helps people better organize and search their e-mail and contacts, as he worked the room. "But this gathering is very powerful.""

7 points by mercurio 19y ago

Before Superwall, Before Jia Shen of Rock You was a Facebook/Myspace luminary, presenting talks like "Designing Viral Apps: Engineering the Viral Loop"... "Fresh-faced entrepreneurs Jia Shen and Lance Tokuda were running out of money to fuel their start-up when, in February 2006, they landed a Founders Brunch invitation from venture capitalist Saar Gur. They pitched their business to anyone who would listen, even planting themselves in front of the eggs to get attention. They hit pay dirt with Internet entrepreneur and investor Ariel Poler who, in turn, introduced them to other financiers. Today, their company, RockYou, whose software allows users to add slide shows to their profiles on Facebook and MySpace, has raised millions of dollars and garners more than 1 billion page views a month."

dualogy 19y ago

Bring billions. Pageviews, not profits :D

zach 19y ago

I'm a little perturbed by the glamorous aura this article projects. It's like Biggie Smalls does start-ups. Billion dollar valuation, much love from the Crunch Time to slip into the Prius, creep to the Founders Brunch Sucka VCs, start lining up for Series C My elevator pitch gets a yes by floor three

LogicHoleFlaw 19y ago
innovator go work later after the brunch sushi-eating valley lovers packed in a bunch bring your ideas get a ride here don't gotta shave meet the founders money movers in this enclave social webbing two point oh bling VCs galore advertising monetizing eyeballs and more keep it frugal win like google no time to fail epic times and bustin' rhymes with xobni email hackers coding hits exploding ride the new wave servers melt your hand is dealt now roll for the save
- ALee 19y ago
  To those who don't get the Xobni reference: At the end of the article: ""I don't usually get up this early on Sundays," said Matt Brezina, the 26-year-old co-founder of Xobni Corp., a San Francisco start-up that helps people better organize and search their e-mail and contacts, as he worked the room. "But this gathering is very powerful.""