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MARCH 30, 2011

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses.

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You may enjoy looking at that last link. Quality endures.

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”.

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