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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Any deal.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation. The year was 2000, and the hardest part about the AdWords project was simply getting agreement that they could work on it. People would rent once, and then quickly forget about the service, and didn’t seem very willing to change.

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