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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

Both Sides of the Table

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

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How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Along the way, she’s launched more than 3,000 consumer products since its inception in 2008, including some household names like Swell water bottles, FitBit, and SodaStream. They have all the important tools you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and SEO. Check it out at SEMrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Then one day it was over.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! 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. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received.

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

Cracking the Code

Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio.