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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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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. SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance. Previously, mobile websites were minimalist and often painful to use. ReadWriteWeb.

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PC For Rent – How To Make Money Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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Folding@home is one of the most advanced and powerful projects of its kind: it utilizes the computational capacities not only of PCs and smartphones, like most distributed computing projects do (in 2013, BOINC made an Android-based mobile app ), but that of PlayStation consoles as well (although, in 2012 the collaboration with Sony came to an end).

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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View More in Mobile ›. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. View More in Health IT ›. Life Sciences ›. Vertex Shares Drop on Mistake in Cystic Fibrosis Drug Data. View More in Life Sciences ›. Startups ›. View More in Startups ›. Steve Seitz. Contact Us.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

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In 2003, he was the founder of Nigeria’s first online-realtime Point of Sale (POS) electronic payment system and in 2004 created West Africa’s first locally issued and processed online-realtime international payment card: Ecobank MasterCard. percent, with less than 13 outlets in a nation of 170 million people. Konga, Jumia and Gloo.ng

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

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Upon its release, their design for the London 2012 Olympic games was infamously compared to something accidentally dropped, a puerile mess, a health hazard, and even cartoon character Lisa Simpson playing her saxophone. The company was joined by logo designer Sagi Haviv in 2003. courtesy of mucho. Headquarters: New York, NY.