How SiteAdvisor Went From Startup Vision To A Career-Making Exit – with Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon, Hunch, Bootstrapping, Sell Your Business

One year and one day after he got funding for SiteAdvisor, Chris Dixon sold it to McAfee for $74 million. In this interview I take that one sentence and spend about an hour going through how it happened — from idea, to team-building, to product development, to sale.

And, since BusinessWeek called Chris one of the top angel investors in tech, I asked him to tell us what he looks for when he decides whether to invest in a startup.

Finally, I asked Chris about his latest startup, Hunch, the web app that helps people make decisions.

Chris Dixon

Hunch

Chris Dixon is the co-founder of Hunch, which gives customized recommendations and gets smarter the more you use it.

 

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