Come for brunch. Bring billions.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-founders26feb26,1,2164127,full.story

by mercurio • 18 years ago

7 5 18 years ago

wallflower• 18 years 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• 18 years ago

Bring billions.

Pageviews, not profits :D

zach• 18 years 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• 18 years 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• 18 years 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.""

Come for brunch. Bring billions.

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