Ryan Good Videos : - Venture Capital - Sonia Sahney Nagar and Ryan Weber of Smarketplaces

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- Venture Capital - Sonia Sahney Nagar and Ryan Weber of Smarketplaces

It's a This Week in Venture Capital first, as Mark hears a company pitch from the co-founders of Smarketplaces, Sonia Sahney Nagar and Ryan Weber. We'd like to thank our sponsors Fenwick & West, Assistly, and MozyPro--Protect your data, protect your business. For more, visit thisweekin.com Timecodes: 00:17 INTRO: We decided to try something new for the first time ever, we have Ryan and Sonya of Smarketplaces who are going to be pitching me! 1:50 Have you raised money, or are you bootsrapping right now? 2:10 So we're going to go through the business in a moment, but let's give people the headlines. What does Smarketplaces do? 3:10 Some of the biggest trends on the internet: content mixed with commerce. 3:30 Intro to Ryan. 4:50 Ryan, what attracted you to consulting? 6:40 Sonya, what's your background? 7:30 When did you go to Harvard Business School? Is there an entrepreneurial background there? 8:47 How did you guys meet? 10:08 Let me throw out a concern I have about programs like Founderlabs and Startup Weekend. The problem I have is that you get thrown in with a bunch of people you don't know, it's actually the winners I worry about. My fear is for a weekend, everybody seems great and you're all excited to work together. But you take all the positive kudos, and you commit 5 to 8 years of your life to it, and maybe it's not as good as you thought? 13:28 You should assign your IP to the group that works together. Be selective about the people you work with. 17:42 MozyPro ...

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