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MAY 26, 2011

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. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

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MARCH 13, 2012

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. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Yesterday Yahoo!

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

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APRIL 13, 2012

April 13, 2012. And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185