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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Portfolio company diversity. – Network.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Portfolio company diversity. – Network.

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8 Entrepreneur Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I had a wide portfolio of hard-working friends from engineering school and previous places I worked that I picked from. 8- Relying on social media for marketing. Thanks to Laurence J. 6- The Hiring process.

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8 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I had a wide portfolio of hard-working friends from engineering school and previous places I worked that I picked from. 8- Relying on social media for marketing. Thanks to Laurence J. 6- The Hiring process.

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A Deep Dive On Timothy Sykes, Millionaire Stock Trader and Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

million portfolio. In 2003, during his senior year in college, he founded Cilantro Fund Management with a starting fund of about $1 million raised from friends and family. In 2007, he founded Millionaire Media, LLC through which the books An American Hedge Fund and Pennystocking were published. million portfolio within 5 years.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). When I completed my term at Say Media (10 years to the month after I started working on Dogster), my research led me seek out a mission-driven for-profit with deep social impact.

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EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum - more behind the story

BeyondVC

Little do people know that when Dawntreader first funded Dali Media along with Impact Venture Partners and Primedia Ventures that the company was called Dali Media and then Metapa, standing for media to all places. We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital.

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