商业团队6大样板盘点

    姐弟创业，风投撑腰

    创业团队在发布产品或拉到投资之前必须得默默无闻、兢兢业业干很多年的时代已经过去了。2010年，Homejoy公司的创始人阿多拉•程与亚伦•程姐弟俩（今年分别是30岁和25岁）带着一个创业点子找到了导师项目Y Combinator。虽然这个点子没能成功，但是他们却从Y Combinator那里拉到了足够的种子资金去继续尝试其他点子。后来随着他们的家政应用Homejoy在2012年流行起来，安德里森—霍洛维茨基金（Andreessen Horowitz）为他们注入了170万美元的资金；七个月后，红点创投（Redpoint Ventures）和谷歌创投（Google Ventures）又为他们注资3800万美元。由于有了大牌风投基金的支持，Homejoy得以组建了一支由经验丰富的业界高手组成的“梦之队”，比如该公司的财务经理黛博拉•莱特福特曾供知于游戏巨头电子艺界公司（Electronic Arts）。——Jessi Hempel

    A brother-sister startup team cleans up with high-profile backers.

    The era when startup teams would toil together in obscurity for years before launching a product or seeking funding is long gone. In 2010, Homejoy founders and siblings Adora and Aaron Cheung, now 30 and 25, respectively, brought a startup idea to mentoring program Y Combinator. It didn't work, but they left the incubator with enough seed funding to try different ideas. When their software-driven housecleaning business plan caught on in 2012, Andreessen Horowitz led a $1.7 million investment; just seven months later Redpoint Ventures, along with Google Ventures, injected $38 million. Because of its high-profile backers, Homejoy has been able to assemble a dream team of seasoned vets, such as finance director Deborah Lightfoot, who had the same gig at gaming giant Electronic Arts. --Jessi Hempel