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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One of the things I pointed out in my prior post was that even though the 2007 vintage was 10 years old, the vast majority of the value was still unrealized. If we compare the 2007 vintage data today vs. what we looked at 2 years ago, it gives us a sense of how much liquidity that vintage has enjoyed in the last couple years.

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Step Into The VC Time Machine

Feld Thoughts

Good Times (Said Sequoia in October, 2008) and Nobody Knows Anything pointing to David Frankel’s tweet: @sequoia R.I.P. Good Times is nearly 10 years old! All of this ultimately led to me reviewing Sequoia’s classic slide deck from 2008. I remember reading it in 2008. David Frankel (@dafrankel) May 15, 2018. .

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! You have been 2,950 to visit the site in 2007 and you looked at 3,920 pages. The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. ▼ 2008. (11).

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Manage And Schedule Appointments With TimeCenter

YoungUpstarts

In 2007, Marie joined forces with marketer and user interface expert Ellenson and started to develop TimeCenter. TimeCenter was launched in beta during 2007-2008 in Sweden. While the applications were very successful, it was never suited for small businesses.

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top 10 posts from 2008

Altgate

Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew? Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. That’s actually about what I would have guessed had I not seen the Google Analytics numbers.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Add RSS feed.