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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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

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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). Leader on Mar 5 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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Students Show The Way For Technology Innovation At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

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(Team AlphaWaves from Singapore, who will represent the country in the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide finals in Sydney this July). Starting from some 1,000 registrants from 25 countries in 2003, the competition has spawned many a young technology entrepreneur. In a global battle of smarts, only the toughest survive.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

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In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. In 2012, Vernetta Freeney was seeking funding to grow her business. After all, what have you got to lose? Enter grant competitions.

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Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Model: Not Just For Startups Any More

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Blank first started piecing together the concept in 2000 and created The Four Steps to the Epiphany in 2003. The Startup Owner’s Manual was published in 2012.Blank’s Steve Blank image from a 2012 Stanford Business School Interview on YouTube. The lean startup model is not new. The book was published in 2005.)

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

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By Richard MacManus / May 10, 2012 05:30 AM / View Comments. But in 2012, more often than not it can be done on the Web. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. Subscribe to ReadWriteWeb. Best of RWW. Featured: ReadWriteCloud | RWW Solution Series. The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back). startupcto

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[Singapore] Microsoft Wants To Modernize Your Small Business With Get2Modern Contest

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Our goal through this multi-pronged effort, is to make it more compelling for SMEs to modernize by moving away from old technologies like Windows XP or Office 2003 so they can truly realize new levels of productivity, be more secure and take advantage of cloud services cost effectively.”.

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