thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The video above shows Billie Holiday (one of my favorite singers) singing “Strange Fruit”, a song that Time manazine named, in 1999, the “song of the century” The song is a protest against racism. Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Staffing your startup?

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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