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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. Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Jason does an excellent job explaining the math behind more complex subscription forecasting, but also touches on topics like marketing and company culture. Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. I said in the intro and it’s funny how many founders of companies start companies because they can’t find something or they can’t get something solved, so they just solve it by creating a company. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out.

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The Lean LaunchPad Online

Steve Blank

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. That resulted in a new process for Search: Customer Development + traditional product management/Waterfall Engineering. And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. Instead the founders need to lead a customer development team.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter: July 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% for both 2011 and 2012 from its previous growth forecast of 4.3%, noting that the Israeli economy “remains one of the robust and well managed among both the developed and the emerging market economies.&#. GE LIGHTING BUYS ISRAELI LED CO LIGHTECH.

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