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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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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). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. quite encouraging.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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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 ยป.

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Ethos: What Golazo Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

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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. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Proof in point is my license plate: So it always had to be golazo… Author howerl.

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Our Investment in Cloze ? AGILEVC

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I’m obviously biased, but I still think LinkedIn is an awesome platform today and they continue to innovate, grow, and evolve nearly 10 years after we started the company at the end of 2002. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Overall, great find! link] leehower. Read More ยป.

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