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The Long Arc of A CEO / Investor Friendship

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been involved in Return Path as an investor since 2001 when Return Path and Veripost merged as part of a funding done by Sutter Hill (Greg Sands), Flatiron Partners (Fred Wilson), and Mobius Venture Capital (me). I wrote the very long story in a post titled Return Path Acquires Netcreations in 2004.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This lasted from about 2001-2004. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Kupietzky has spoken extensively on the value of domain names and has appeared on CNN and CNBC and has been quoted by numerous print sources including Investors Business Daily , The New York Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. Location: Pillsbury Winthrop, 1540 Broadway, New York at 45th Street.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

For many Westerners, Victoria Island resembles the polar opposite of the imaginary Manhattan Island, the high-security prison depicted in John Carpenter’s film Escape From New York. On the island, life is as it is in the West, but the danger lies outside the island and across the Third Mainland Bridge. But somehow Lagos works.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

Twenty-three year-olds in New York City running a small business. Peter: I feel like the industrial design guys were so happy about this kind of thing in 2002, 2004. That’s some 2001 stuff right there. When I started my first business I knew we were weak in accounting. We weren’t just weak. We were terrible.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Loading… New York. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Subscriber Agreement & Terms of Use - NEW. Mozilla Firefox.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. 3) Love Solving Puzzles.