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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. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . What’s Your Favorite Future?

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What Startups Need to Know About Exit Strategies

Up and Running

Exit strategies related to startup funding are quite often misunderstood: The “exit” in exit strategy is for the money, not the startup founders or small business owners. In 2002 I provided an exit for VCs who had invested in Palo Alto Software a few years earlier. The exit is what gives them a return.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. Department of Commerce & the Minority Business Development Agency, between 2002 and 2007, diverse-owned firms outpaced the growth of non-diverse firms in gross receipts and employment.

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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

YoungUpstarts

It’s a massive shift in the way we think about commerce, one that is made possible thanks to platform businesses — the online marketplaces, small business cloud-based companies and crowdfunding sites out there. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees.

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

When disaster strikes in your area and your business is affected, what’s next? For many small businesses, the future can be extremely uncertain. During the process of rebuilding, most small business owners will ask themselves if it’s time to apply for a disaster loan, or if that is a viable option for them.

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4 Toxic Behaviors All Successful Leaders Avoid

crowdSPRING Blog

A 2012 study by the International Journal of Leadership Studies explored the effects that toxic and cooperative behaviors in the workplace had on companies and their employees. But as an entrepreneur or small business owner, it is very likely that you are one and the same with your business. Lacking empathy.

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From Business Guy to Programmer

Spencer Fry

Back in what seems like forever ago, I started freshman year of college in 2002 with the full intention of majoring in Computer Science. Most people would have dropped out, as busy as I was with TypeFrag, but I chose to complete college by pursuing a far less time consuming major: Psychology. Why the change of heart? More to come.