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

Both Sides of the Table

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). was starting.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Mr. Fralic earned his BS in Finance from Villanova University and his MBA from St. Michael Yavonditte is CEO of Hashable, a New York startup backed by ff Venture Capital and a number of other leading VCs.

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Handspring in a Existing Market As an example, imagine it’s October 1999 and you are Donna Dubinsky the CEO of a feisty new startup, Handspring, entering the billion dollar Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) market. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

question in venture capital. This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

So how do Israeli ventures scale up? To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. They spend more time on strategy, go-to-market, business development, and financing. What are the challenges and lessons of scaling up?