Those of you that attended B&P 2009 will remember Howard Lindzon who talked to us about social media, venture capital and other topics.
There is a video interview with him on Mixergy called...
"How A Stress Balloon Led To Ownership Stakes In Bit.ly, TweetDeck, StockTwits, LifeLock And Other Companies"
There is a video interview with him on Mixergy called...
"How A Stress Balloon Led To Ownership Stakes In Bit.ly, TweetDeck, StockTwits, LifeLock And Other Companies"
- How his successful investment in "The Grip" led Howard to found a hedge fund.
- How the hedge fund's hit investment in Rent.com opened Howard's eyes to the power of matchmaking sites.
- How Howard duplicated Rent.com's success by investing in GolfNow.com and Limos.com.
- How Howard created the online show Wallstrip, to prove that there's a market for content.
- Why Howard passed up an investment in Twitter when Fred Wilson offered it to him. (And what he thinks of the person who made the investment in his place.)
- How Howard ended up co-founding StockTwits when one of his blog readers offered to build the business with him.
- Why Howard excludes his friend Timothy Sykes from StockTwits to build the community he's envisioning.
- Why sometimes fighting with people who have big audiences can help grow your audience.
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