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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. 100 get serious due diligence where the entrepreneur meets with several people from the firm. and Half.com. Investing Strategy.