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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. So having spent a lot of time thinking about this Silicon Valley is a thing in and of itself. So everybody goes through this phase of we want to be the next Silicon Valley.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included). Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global).

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4 Steps to Leveraging Your Network to Build Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

For example: “[MY COMPANY NAME] is an app that connects parents and family-friendly events, and we’re looking for angel investors interested in mobile B2C apps to close out our seed round. In addition, he is a Partner at TheFunded.com , and the Executive Producer of the Founder Showcase , a leading startup event in Silicon Valley.

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NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

Now that I’m back full time in NYC, I decided to run for the Board of NY Tech Meetup, a dynamic community of 20,000 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers and people interested in tech. Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. ProfessorVC.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Title: Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure. A couple of friendly amendments: * Two commenters on a May 2004 blog post, Whither Trepia? Super Angel Investors – Who They Are, What They Invest In. Company: Home Portfolio. Title: Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. Author: Jerry Kaplan.