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Leah Busque,
TaskRabbit
Growing the Early User Base
Leah Busque, founder and CEO of TaskRabbit, describes how her business rapidly grew out of a hyper-local beta test: on 600 mothers in her hometown. She ...
Geoff Donaker,
Yelp
Making the IPO Decision
Yelp COO Geoff Donaker talks about how the company saw the resignation of its previous chief financial officer as the ideal time to go public. ...
Geoff Donaker,
Yelp
The Road to IPO [Entire Talk]
Yelp COO Geoff Donaker steps through the big questions and challenges faced in taking a company public. Donaker discusses working with bankers, developing a road ...
Geoff Donaker ,
Yelp
The Road to IPO [Entire Talk]
Yelp COO Geoff Donaker steps through the big questions and challenges faced in taking a company public. Donaker discusses working with bankers, developing a road ...
Geoff Donaker,
Yelp
Going on the Roadshow
Yelp Chief Operating Officer Geoff Donaker recounts traveling around the country with company leaders to meet with institutional investors prior to the IPO. He explains ...
Geoff Donaker,
Yelp
Reasons Not to Sell
Yelp Chief Operating Officer Geoff Donaker talks about the company's decision to turn down lucrative acquisition offers pre-IPO. While selling would've benefited Yelp's founders and ...
Geoff Donaker,
Yelp
Yelp Growth Strategies
Yelp COO Geoff Donaker describes how the strength of the site lies in all the reviews by everyday people, and how even the small percentage ...
Mike Peña,
Stanford University
Room at the Top for More Women in Venture Capital
Students, entrepreneurs and investors filled the sleek, top-floor conference room of Stanford’s Huang Engineering Center. It wasn’t another startup competition with everyone on ...
Linda Rottenberg,
Endeavor
Crazy is a Compliment
Linda Rottenberg, co-founder and CEO of Endeavor Global, shares smart lessons for cutting an entrepreneurial path in a turbulent world. Touching on elements from her ...
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