On Jan 6, 2010, Travis Kalanick (then an advisor to UberCab) posted this tweet: “Looking 4 entrepreneurial product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a location-based service.. pre-launch, BIG equity, big peeps involved–ANY TIPS??” Graves replied minutes later: “Here’s a tip. Email me :) https://t.co/wgdM0qYvSJ
Finding a lead is one of the most frustrating challenges for a startup entrepreneur—but it is also one of the most important.
I’m famous for having invested $25,000 in Uber when it was worth around $5 million—it’s now worth $70 billion in the private markets. When I invested, Uber was operating in one city and they only had a couple of Lincoln Town Cars signed up. It wasn’t clear if the business could scale or make money, but I knew the founder was exceptionally driven an
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