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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital.

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Why Invest in oneforty and the Real-Time Web?

Seeing Both Sides

Google and Bing are scrambling to catch up and paying Twitter good money to access the data stream (which, Spencer Ante of BusinessWeek reports, enabled Twitter to become profitable in 2009 ). All of this, and the more robust Twitter API, is transforming Twitter into a platform company rather than simply an engaging consumer service.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Tweet View Comments Guest Author Sep 20, 2009 This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.)