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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I look for firms in which some of the partners (my partner) have operational experience and know what it’s like to wake up every day and be an entrepreneur.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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Seth raised $100k in angel funding to fuel operations. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. After a month of launch Meebo was getting 50k logins a day. Series A round.

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4 Reasons You Might Not Want to Be VC Funded

Up and Running

Venture capitalists essentially buy equity in your brand, which means they now have a say in how you operate. In 2005, Claus Moseholm co-founded GoViral, a Danish company which specializes in harnessing the internet to promote advertisers’ videos and make them go viral. Your business may become unrecognizable.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

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

reidhoffman.org

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

In honor of Netflix’s big beat today in the very unfortunate age of COVID-19, I decided to revisit my four-part Bazaarblog series while I was CEO of Bazaarvoice (from our inception in 2005 to our IPO in 2012). Blockbuster introduced their “End of Late Fees” program on January 1, 2005. The name of the last part?

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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

mashable.com

If you’ve been operating as a Corp, LLC, or Partnership, all business associates need to vote on closing the business. If you’ve been operating as an LLC, review the dissolution requirements in your state’s LLCA (Limited Liability Company Act). viral video. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable.

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