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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s also meaningless if they had four $200 million funds and the last one they closed was in 2000. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm.

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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. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. With enough resources, products can always be copied. But not all content is story-worthy.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). After years of leading busy and productive lives, lying on the beach and sipping cocktails just does not cut it. approx 2004-09.

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We Were Right – Just a Decade Early

Feld Thoughts

” Jerry was Fred Wilson ‘s partner at Flatiron Partners. 2000 was the Peak of Inflated Expectations. 2002 was the Trough of Disillusionment. 1995 – 2000 was the climb up to the Peak. 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough. 2013 forward has been the plateau of Productivity.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. What the big studies have shown.

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