Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). 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). Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. So originally the customer was the Department of Defense.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That is excluding a single line of code or paying any salaries. Imagine that you can develop software on your local computer but the entire service is delivered virtually through a partner in the same way people consumer energy with all of the scale benefits that go with that. We raised $16.5 million in our A round. Think about it.

Cloud 343

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343