Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

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). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. All the other stuff Yahoo! Read More ».

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Some may end up having more modest outcomes that product a decent return on investment, which we fully understand and are supportive of. I’ve been to a World Cup (South Korea 2002), gold medal Olympic soccer matches (men & women Beijing 2008), English Premier League, MLS, heck even AYSO. Filed under Uncategorized.

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South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Today Cloze has started to talk more publicly about their funding and also is starting to open their product more broadly. Having been involved in the formation and early growth of LinkedIn, I saw a clear opportunity for Cloze’s product. I hope you’ll have an opportunity to check out Cloze’s product.

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