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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. Perhaps I need to rethink that.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

Cellity We've already exited Cellity, having sold it to Nokia in 2009. Each and every deal we've done has come to us via our network. You have to take the personal angle and use your network to get access. If you don't have a network, get started building one. Emporis This one is a bit of an outlier.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.]. link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.] link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? link] Finance Geek » How To Develop New Startup Ideas. [.] Completely agree with the post.

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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. They’re looking for guidance on building the company, the ability to tap into a VC’s network, and help with potential business opportunities.

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