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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. Put a willing and forgiving exit market following any investment period and you get spectacular returns. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” The first question to ask is: “Does your startup have market risk or is it dominated by technical risk?” Lean Startup /Customer Development is used to find answers to the unknowns about customers and markets.

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

Both Sides of the Table

We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. One of the successful investments was a company called Nigenisis, which ended becoming a public company in 1999. So everybody goes through this phase of we want to be the next Silicon Valley.

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The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or …

Feld Thoughts

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. A few months later the public markets for Internet stocks turned around and we closed a $330 million fund which ended up doing extremely well.

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Why You’d Be Insane To Skip College For Startup Dreams

ReadWriteStart

Given the gold rush going on in Silicon Valley right now, it’s not surprising that some young entrepreneurs think it’s time to drop out and start a company. One of Silicon Valley’s biggest problems is that too many waste time building stuff that doesn’t matter. Not surprising, but still stupid.

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Twitter Link Roundup #144 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ecosystem 101: The Six Necessary Categories To Build The Next Silicon Valley – [link]. Market – [link]. Hold the wires – [link].

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . Filed under Uncategorized.