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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. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

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The ?PC? Era Finally Arrives ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

What we refer to as the PC era (the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000′s) was not just the desktop phase era but more accurately a desktop corporate computing era. It was only in 2000 that a majority of of US homes had a computer. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

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The End of ?Internet? Companies ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

May 23, 2012. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

July 11, 2012. And while the internet created both tremendous reward and tremendous investment carnage leading up to and after the 2000 tech bubble, it’s created long run disruption of broad sectors of media, advertising, business software & computing, and retail commerce and VCs that missed this shift have faced real struggles.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

April 13, 2012. The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return. This option-based valuation methodology can also be used to explain the early 2000 internet/telecom bubble in the public markets. This is a key reason why the average retail investor consistently earns below-average returns.