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JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. Again, prices are expressed as pre-money valuations. That’s fine.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

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APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Twitter wanted to raise money for this new venture at a pre-money valuation which was quite a bit higher than First Round’s $10 million limit.

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Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

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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. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue!

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178