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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe that.

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Not Everyone Is “Killing” It: How & When to Admit It

Agile VC

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH! Communicating with Your Team.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. In the 1990s, Graham was one of those entrepreneurs giving away equity in exchange for crucial services. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Finance | Tuesdays.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 20002002 time period. Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.”

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Not Every Startup Is “Killing It” (How to Speak Up During Tough Times)

View from Seed

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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Not Everyone Is “Killing” It: How & When to Admit It

Agile VC

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH! Communicating with Your Team.

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