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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. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

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Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. Normally, you’d expect us to explain our product — i.e., what “professional people search 2.0”

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Is that a $20 million market? $30 30 million market? 300 million market? This is her core market.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

I want to know how many customers exist out there who would be likely buyers of the O-Port products, at what price-point, and what does that add up to? He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Is that a $20 million market? $30 30 million market? 300 million market? This is her core market.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. We can do better.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay.