Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

I will leave it to law professor Eric Goldman to articulate better than I could why “ this law mortally threatens the entire UGC community.” Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 21, 2014

In 1998, Yom Kippur fell on September 30th. For most of the Jewish community, the date of the most important holiday of the year was no different than in other years. Before explaining why they are so magical, let me define a few types of recurring revenue models.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Many venture-capital-funded companies work this way. In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. Twelve years later, I think there is some wisdom in hiring people who have made significant contributions to an open source community project. We interviewed several candidates.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

The foursquare team was consumed this week with SXSW preparations, but we were fortunate to have as class guests Charlie O'Donnell, who wrote the original blog post on foursquare that got many in the community excited about the company, and Andrew Parker, who was an associate at Union Square Ventures at the time of their Series A investment. .

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Crowdfunder and its VC Index Fund provide the opportunity for direct online investment into single ventures, as well as diversification into a broad VC-led portfolio (Index Fund) of early-stage startups – backed by many of the world’s leading Venture Capital firms and private investors. Mr. Alo Ghosh.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm? Moreover, what kind of travel agency does the industry or your local community actually need? Think about the people in your local community too—do they need something specific? “In Step 2: Conduct market research and find your niche.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. Jude Children’s Cancer Hospital and the Stanford Medical Center, and teach entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 1990-1998 13.3%

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

MobileAccess, formerly Foxcom Wireless, was founded in 1998. AFCV Holdings , a unit of private equity firm Summit Partners, bought Answers Corporation’s community-generated Q&A site Answers.com for $127 million in cash. MobileAccess’ customers include AT&T Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2017

That probably won't have a positive effect on venture capital returns. I mean, think about it--how well do you think those late 1930's German venture capital vintages did? How about Venezuela funds from 1998? What investor wants to take that extra layer of government risk?

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Another group, launched just before or after 2000, were stable enough to succeed while newer companies like Salesforce (1999), Google (1998), Twitter (2006), and Yelp (2004) have taken off like jackrabbits. Beale Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching. Utah Mining and Construction are long gone.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. If you’re looking for five million dollars, you should be thinking institutional capital. They are a part of your community.

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