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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Every announcement – whether it was a funding round, exit or layoffs – was analyzed within the context that the tech bubble has definitely burst or that we’re still in the bubble. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. So, what really happened in 2016?

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). When we moved to Palo Alto we rented a place. Many term sheets ensued.

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The Future of Web Startups

www.paulgraham.com

October 2007 (This essay is derived from a keynote at FOWA in October 2007.) Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Its a pattern we see over and over in technology. Standardization When technology makes something dramatically cheaper, standardization always follows.

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