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.
So we went through the acquisition dance with them, came to terms on evaluation, then it was all about how they were going to pay us. Was it going to be cash, was it going to be stock, and all these sorts of things. And then we had a whole bunch of terms, the terms are confidential, so I can't get...(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
