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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. As you can see, that can be a big mistake. based teachers.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30).

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