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Step Into The VC Time Machine

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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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Patents Are A Weak Measure of Innovation Activity

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It’s a short article that basically states that Silicon Valley received a similar percentage of utility patents granted in the US in 2009 that it did in 2008 and 2007. That is on par with Silicon Valley’s share of patents nationwide in 2008 and 2007, according to IFI.”. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Navigating Choppy Waters

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Having lived through this as an entrepreneur in 1987, an entrepreneur and VC in 2001, a VC in 2008, and a VC today, I embrace that this is just part of the entrepreneurial and economic cycle. . “Correction” and “Choppy Waters” is probably a generous phrase for what is going on.

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How To Get A Job In Venture Capital

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Things have changed in the last decade since his 2008 post titled How to get a job in venture capital (revisited) , which was an update from his 2005 post titled How to become a venture capitalist. And How to get a job in venture capital (revisited – 2008). All three posts are worth reading.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

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For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies.

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Linking Around On A Sunday Morning

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a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class. .&# So – today you get a bunch of things that I’m involved in and turn me out. Click through to whatever interests you. Jilted in the U.S., The New York Times tells how it came together.

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Privacy and Facebook – The Non-Surprise

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In 2008, I gave a talk at my 20th-year reunion at MIT Sloan. The title of the talk was something like “Privacy is Dead” and my assertion, in 2008, was that there was no longer any data privacy, anywhere, for anyone. I’ve been living my life under that assumption since then.

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