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JUNE 27, 2013
We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). And we chose to locate ourselves 3 blocks East of The Third Street Promenade where much new development is taking place. Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million. What’s up with that?
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AUGUST 28, 2009
My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). Our business development discussions took longer than planned. We downsized, developed processes and found our groove. We downsized, developed processes and found our groove. We were hot.
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JANUARY 16, 2012
I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.
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DECEMBER 5, 2010
It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2011
Nobody likes to hear you say, “we can’t tell you anything we’re in stealth mode&# so develop some generic talking points that don’t give anything away when you’re asked what you do. I know because I did this in early 2000. I think he really learned from this experience: Experience comes from bad judgment.
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APRIL 15, 2010
I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. On the first point – think of Steven Blank’s customer development but for physical products. So my guess is that Tweetup needs to go “multi-stream&# (as in Facebook, MySpace, etc.). There is also another inherent weakness.
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JUNE 22, 2011
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. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market. You feel it, too.
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