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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

Agile VC

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

Up and Running

How a law firm got funded thanks to partners that wouldn’t give up. 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.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. He founded an apparel company in 2012 and it has been quite successful. Sachin Bansal.

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

YoungUpstarts

They form the backbone of the economy as they contribute significantly to productivity, export and revenues,” says Vincent Wong, Director of Small, Medium Business & Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore. “SMEs make up over 99% of organizations and employ seven out of every 10 workers in Singapore.

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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. RWW PARTNERS. © 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).

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

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Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Partner Anu Pathria, who helped to develop HNC’s Falcon system for making real-time predictions of credit card fraud, developed a similar analytics system to assess the risk of prospective VC deals.