Completely agree that the team is very important in getting funded, but so are connections. Yammer is Founders Fund backed. 3 of the 4 partners from the Founde

Completely agree that the team is very important in getting funded, but so are connections. Yammer is Founders Fund backed. 3 of the 4 partners from the Founders Fund are PayPal cofounders (Peter Thiel is the big name, but there's also Ken Howery and Luke Nosek) - Yammer's CEO David Sacks was the COO at PayPal before its acquisition.