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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Do your homework. I do the same.

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Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers

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M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. We hired people to run the UK and Germany.

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The next phase of innovation

Start Up Blog

Only one of which, was on the list in 1999 – that being Microsoft. The digital era has provided inordinate consumer value through data mobility, entertainment on demand, social connection, digital connectivity, smart devices and ecommerce to name a few. Well, here’s a few crazy ideas to get us started.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999. A lot has changed.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Maybe add your email to receive the next post delivered to your email box? The second half of this analysis coming soon!

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Developing a moat isn’t formulaic. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network.