Competing with Other Start-ups, Lecture by Randy Adams / AuctionDrop (2004)

About The Professor


Randy Adams conceived the idea for AuctionDrop in 2002. He took his idea to Silicon Valley veterans Bill Rollinson and Andy Jeffrey, founding the business together later that year.



Best described as a 'serial entrepreneur', Randy Adams has more than 25 years of experience in consumer technology. He has successfully founded and sold numerous companies including Emerald City Software, acquired by Adobe Systems; the Internet Shopping Network, acquired by the Home Shopping Network; Navitel Communications, acquired by Spyglass, Inc.; and Newsnet Technologies, Inc., currently under contract with Microsoft to develop specialized renditions of popular magazines for the Tablet PC.



Through the years he has assisted many other entrepreneurs in their efforts to secure funding and build their companies. Most notably, he facilitated the initial funding of Yahoo by Sequoia Capital and served on the Board of Directors of Yahoo during its first year of operation.



Randy received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering.



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Last Updated: Tue, Oct 31, 2006

Randy Adams
Randy Adams
Name: Randy Adams
Institution: Stanford University
Website: www.auctiondrop.com