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Randy Adams
Inventor of PDF, Co-Founder Of Yahoo & FunnyOrDie
About me
Inventor of PDF, Co-Founder of Yahoo & FunnyOrDie Founded 7 companies in Silicon Valley and 2 in Hollywood, raised $100M, returned $1B to investors Four decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur Randy came to Silicon Valley in 1984 having written the first desktop publishing package for the IBM PC. He was quickly recruited by Steve Jobs to join as employee number 12 at NeXT computer, the company Jobs founded after Apple He left NeXT in 1987 to start Emerald City Software, publisher of desktop publishing software for the Mac, which was acquired in 1990 by Adobe Systems. After the acquisition, Randy became Director of Engineering for Adobe and was instrumental in creating the PDF and Acrobat products for the company Later Steve Jobs recruited Randy to found Appsoft, a software company funded by Sequoia Capital and created to develop application software for the NeXT computer. After NeXT was sold to Apple, Randy went on to start the first E-Commerce site on the Internet, the Internet Shopping Network in 1994 which he quickly sold to the Home Shopping Network (HSN) and became Division President for the online division of HSN During that time, Randy was instrumental in securing the initial capital for Yahoo from Sequoia Capital and sat on the Yahoo Board of Directors for the first year of their operation. After that, Randy went on to found Navitel, the first microcomputer-based telephone that allowed people to browse the web from their phone -- five years before the first iPhone After selling Navitel, Randy went on to start five more tech companies, NewsNet, providing the first Internet based new service, AuctionDrop pioneering the first mile to eBay with a chain of nationwide dropoff stores, SearchMe, the first visual search engine funded by Sequoia Capital, FunnyOrDie, the iconic digital media company featuring the inimitable Will Ferrell and Immortify, the world’s first digital avatar company Things I can advise on: ✔️ Fundraising from VCs ✔️ Early stage investing ✔️ Business strategy ✔️ Going from 0 to 1 ✔️ Mergers & acquisitions ✔️ & more I am very passionate about sharing all of my learnings with others on similar journeys. Excited to connect!
What to expect
15 minute session
- - ask three or more questions
- - tips on how to start a successful company
- - advice on getting your first 10,000 customers
- - growth hacks & jumpstarting growth
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