VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. billion invested in Q1 of 2011. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. Filed under: Venture Capital. million in 2010 sales).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. Marty Zwilling.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. Individual Investors, NOT Venture Capitalists, are Leading the Charge. Here’s why: 1. to the rest of the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Venture capital remains white boys club – [link]. Lesson for all on social networks: Spirit Airlines hit with $50K fine over deceptive Tweets – [link]. 38 Brilliant Logo Designs Of 2011 For Your Inspiration – [link]. How to outsource everything to the cloud (except yourself) – [link].

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. facepalm Spammed within an hour >> 2012/02/28 RT @mikeloukides : best customer may not be the 1 who buys the most, but who has the most influence on social networking. Social Networking (22). social networking. Adventures In Venture Capitalism. May 2011 (8).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. The New Exits.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. In 2011, Yale launched Yale-NUS, a sister university based in Singapore. Incubate non-Yalies.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011. I've actually done a post making the analogy between RSCM and Moneyball as explicit as possible: https://possibleinsight.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/moneyball-for-tech-startups-kevins-remix/. September 27, 2011 5:09 PM. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM. ▼ 2011. (7). Venture News.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you’ve begun the process of raising capital, ask the angels or venture capital partners to recommend technologists who consult on a part-time basis. Reply What To Do When There’s No Venture Capital « Web Startup Help says: January 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm [.] Also try a search on LinkedIn.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ▼ 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011. April 25, 2011 11:00 PM. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM. June 7, 2011 11:58 AM. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ▼ 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2011

Techcrunch published the list of finalists for Crunchies 2011 , revealing two Israeli nominees: Soluto , nominee for best international startups, develops software that helps users speed up their PC computers using advanced driver technology combined with collective user wisdom. million in Series A Nov 2009). leave a comment!

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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Altgate

JANUARY 17, 2009

I was impressed that FCAT was not just looking into data visualization and manipulation, but also at social networking and communities. The facility is the kind of lab that startups fantasize about. I think FCAT should rent the place out so smaller firms can leverage their investments, but somehow I doubt that will happen.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). startupcto

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. Jon Fisher purposely avoided raising venture capital in his ventures. ► 2011. (7).

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Lobbying is ongoing by both the National Venture Capital Association and Angel Capital Association and James Geshwiler on the panel wrote a recent post on the ramification. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2011. (7). Venture News.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem. Social networking is governed by SEC 17a4, and SEC hasn’t opined on this. Ask the senator who was on TV.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Venture News.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The ACA is an interesting organization and is providing support in a number of ways to its member angel groups, from public policy, networking, sydnication, and best practices. The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) was also represented at the conference and is forging closer links with the ACA. ► 2011. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

October 3, 2011 6:21 AM. October 20, 2011 7:34 AM. November 16, 2011 8:51 AM. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurship , venture capital. April 25, 2011 11:20 PM. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Venture News. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. startupcto

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops.

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 24, 2011

Raising venture capital is like adding rocket fuel to your company… — which leads to a lot of bad behavior.” starting at 16:01) “Try to raise 18-24 month capital.” “You have to get the best anchor investor you can get… and the reality is everyone else is all sheep.” How Much Should I Raise? Where Are We Headed?

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? ► 2011. (7). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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