Bill Trenchard is currently the CEO of LiveOps, a teleservices company. Prior to LiveOps, Bill was the founder and CEO of Callcast, a call routing technology and outsourced teleservices firm that merged with LiveOps in 2003. Prior to Callcast, Bill was a managing director at idealab! where he served portfolio companies in capacities ranging from a board member to interim CEO. Bill was also the founder and CEO of Jump Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft in April 1999. Bill Trenchard has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Science Technology Studies from Cornell University.
Internet start ups don't need business plans. It's true. We raised one point five million on an executive summary which was two and a half pages long. And, largely written by me and our PR person who we had on board early. She was great at pitching. I mean, it's funny, because pitching is pitch...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Bill Trenchard States Importance of Powerpoint Presentation and Bullets versus a Formal Business Plan
Bill Trenchard Discusses Building A Business While a Student and Developing an Incubator Framework
Bill Trenchard Discusses Starting the First of Several Businesses While a Sophomore At Cornell
Bill Trenchard Discusses Evolution of Startup and Incubator Which Led to Idea Behind Jump.com
Bill Trenchard Discusses Importance of Hiring a Seasoned Marketing/Public Relations Person
Bill Trenchard Discusses Challenges Of Becoming a Millionaire Overnight and Not Knowing Who To Trust
Bill Trenchard States Internet Startups Don't Need Business Plans - Only Sales Pitches
Bill Trenchard Discusses Changing Company's Focus From Corporate to Consumer and Changing The Company Name
Bill Trenchard Discusses Ethics of Negotiating with Microsoft While Trying to Raise Cash From VCs
Bill Trenchard Discusses Determination of Cash Requirements and Insight Into the Internet VC World
Bill Trenchard Discusses Flexible and Organic Process of Determining a Mission Statement
Bill Trenchard Discusses Early Days of Handheld Software and the Beginnings of Jump.com
