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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups. Likewise, early-stage investors may not appreciate just how much follow-on support their portfolio companies will need. So, how have Version One portfolio companies done in this environment? 2016 for Version One companies.

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50 Great Ways To Use QR Codes In The College Classroom

YoungUpstarts

That was 1994, and now, almost 20 years later, QR code technology is experiencing a revival — but not in the automotive industry. Digital portfolios. Ask students to organize their work into a digital portfolio, linking it to the world with a QR code they can add to resumes, business cards, and more. Classroom Enhancement.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. These include making deposits, transferring funds, paying bills and managing stock portfolios. by Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital. Small Business Loan Overview.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. You have a company called Oblong (in your portfolio) which is a Minority Report type company. was starting.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore. ecommerce Internet retailing Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Ecommerce Retailing Stitch Fix' Lastly, I asked a few women that were not customers to try the service.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

billion mobile phones worldwide; within five years almost all of them will be more fully featured “smart&# phones offering better access to the web. Back in 1994, very few people would have predicted that the largest bookseller in the world would be a software company. There are currently 4.5 Software is eating the world.

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – MagazineLiteracy.org

crowdSPRING Blog

The organization was founded in 2004 and is supported by corporations, local businesses, literacy agents, magazine publishers and stakeholders, and individuals: The Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project was conceived in 1994 and incorporated on International Literacy Day, September 8, 2004.

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