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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Network. Social media tools like Linkedin and FullContact increases the value of network currency (reputation and access), because people with currency can spend their currency getting to a wider array of influencers. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Network. Social media tools like Linkedin and FullContact increases the value of network currency (reputation and access), because people with currency can spend their currency getting to a wider array of influencers. Our industry is highly noisy, and VCs use their networks to filter for signal amidst the noise.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

When I looked at my inbox this morning, I had emails from six organizations I have advised/worked with over the past couple of years (including Astia and Techstars ) announcing their partnership with the White House’s Startup America initiative. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. Now, the present.

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. We’ve raised enough money in partnership with Feeding America to provide meals for over 10 million people.

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

That is when she decided to start Momentum Education in 2003, as a way of bringing the workshops she had delivered internationally without having to leave her home base of New York City. We’ve raised enough money in partnership with Feeding America to provide meals for over 10 million people.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.