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Author Archives: Ben T. Smith, IV
Same Page from Go
Co-founder Wayne Yamamoto joined us in our reminiscing. He tweeted this image from our first pitch presentation. From the very beginning MerchantCircle has been on the same page as Reply!. We had no idea then, we’d end up as a … Continue reading
Posted in GSD, MerchantCircle, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized
Tagged deals, GSD, merchantcircle
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Getting MerchantCircle Started: It starts with an Idea
The last few days have been really exciting and extremely busy. There have been meetings and interviews and many thoughtful wishes for a bright future. But. As we always do at MerchantCircle, we’re back to work with a sense of … Continue reading
Posted in GSD, Investments, MerchantCircle
Tagged GSD, merchantcircle, Startups, web entreprenuer
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MerchantCircle Acquired by Reply!
Yesterday’s news was a major milestone and we are so thankful to everyone who reached out. Anyone who knows a MerchantCircle team member can attest to how totally dedicated this group of colleagues has been to our users, our products … Continue reading
Posted in Deals, Investments, MerchantCircle, Silicon Valley, Startups
Tagged deals, GSD, investment, merchantcircle, Startups
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Are the Billions Justified for Groupon?
Are the Billions Justified for Groupon? Are the Billions Justified for Groupon? originally published in VC Journal Groupon’s potential $15 billion valuation may seem astronomical, but its high price tag may be justified. Groupon is one of only a handful … Continue reading
Posted in Groupon, Investments, MerchantCircle, Startups
Tagged deals, google, Groupon, marketing opportunity, merchantcircle, online marketing strategy, Startups, venture capitalists, web entreprenuer
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Mesmo Deal Update
An update on a great deal Mesmo is a deal I mentioned before. I did it around the same time I did Tapulous. Davin was a guy doing a bit of advisory work for MerchantCircle when he founded it. I … Continue reading
Tapulous and Disney
I was fortunate enough to do two great deal with incredible entreprenuers over the last couple of years. Tapulous was the first of these and was just sold to Disney in a great transaction for everyone involved. In one of … Continue reading
Posted in Investments, Relationships, Silicon Valley, Startups
Tagged davin, deal and no deal, investment, maples, Startups
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Great Advice from Steve Blank..
I will not be adding another non failure from Stanford GSB today. All my very successful friends from GSB are now asking so I think I have a blog a day for about 60 days. Instead I wanted to call … Continue reading
Posted in Deals, Investments, Silicon Valley, Spoke Software, Startups
Tagged board meeting, deals, investment, multiple times, Spoke Software, stanford gsb, Startups, vc, venture capitalists, web entreprenuer
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A nice book by Tracey Kidder
A nice book by Tracey Kidder One of the first books I ever remember reading was A Soul of a New Machine by Kidder when was I about 12. Okay, I am sure I read Dick and Jane before that. … Continue reading
Posted in Fairhope, Racism
Tagged blind hatred, joint chiefs, silicon valley, soul of a new machine
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Behind the Cloud, The Salesforce Story
Behind the Cloud, The Salesforce Story I received the new book by Marc Benioff in the mail on Friday. I had preordered it after seeing Marc post pieces of it on facebook. Once again Marc establishes himself as a great … Continue reading
Posted in Investments, Relationships, Silicon Valley
Tagged facebook, marc benioff
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A book about the Great Reset and Lehman
A book about the Great Reset and Lehman I had the chance to attend the Liberty Media Internet Leaders conference the week before last. Alot of people don’t know who Liberty is but it has to be one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Great Depression, Politics
Tagged cotton broker, debt trader, greg maffei, lehman brothers
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