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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. So far, Im going to be on the east coast at least three times, and in Europe twice. Come to TS in Boston!

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What we can learn from the UK’s top franchises

The Startup Magazine

Whether it’s an automotive company, a fast-food establishment, or a chain of pubs, many business hopefuls use franchising as their route to market. The 600-mark was reached in 2002 as the breakfast revolution got underway as all pubs opened six days a week to serve the first meal of the day.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. How did you get into VC? (9:30 9:30 – 11:30).

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A tale of two IPOs

BeyondVC

.” The company has a blue chip list of customers like Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS in the United States; Globe Telecom, KDDI Corp, NTT DoCoMo, Optus and Singtel in Asia Pacific; and mmO2 and Orange in Europe. What bothers my partner, Ned Carlson, even more is that some of the investors are even selling in the $100mm raise.

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Innovation and Small Business: 3 Historical Winners

crowdSPRING Blog

By the 17th century the practice had spread to Europe and the paper that was changing hands was backed, not just by banks and money-lenders, but by powerful governments. Social media (2002). The most amazing thing of all? Photo: Wikipedia ).

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Returns for brand-name VC funds

finance.fortune.cnn.com

Overall, the fund-of-funds is 97% called for 45 funds raised between 1999 and 2002. MPM BioVentures III (2002): 76% (44%). Were all overstating Europes youth unemployment. Market Movers. Marketing jobs. JK&B Capital IV (2001): 85% (15%). Lightspeed Venture Partners VI (2000): 112% (80%). Allan Sloan.

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