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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying). Why does vintage matter to you?

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

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Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” At a tactical level, companies can improve their customer segmentation and personalize marketing and sales experiences. And the privacy debates surrounding online advertising suggest that technology will keep outpacing regulation.

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Genius, Power, and Magic

Growthink Blog

Try this on for size – an analysis of over 300 patents acquired between 2002-2008 found an average price per patent of $383,000 ! And oh yes, it is very hard to “clean up” a business at the time of sale – to do it right the work must be done in real time and / or started years before a sale is contemplated. #1. They Are Lucky.

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The Formula

Feld Thoughts

But we watched Sports Night on DVD from beginning to end around 2002. While the context was different, the business was different, the environment was different, and the technology was different, The Formula was the same. I remember watching five or six episodes at night at some point. Big companies love The Formula.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? The narrative of this discussion is something like this: I meet a 35-40-year-old founder with two kids and mortgage.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. If you spam the non-buyers with sales CTAs, you’ll only annoy them. They show original sales intelligence data and they post relatable memes. With enough resources, products can always be copied.

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