Come for brunch. Bring billions.
latimes.com
latimes.com
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 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 saveAt 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.""
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."
Pageviews, not profits :D