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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

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July 11, 2012. On the IT side of VC investing, we’ve seen countless waves crest and fall… mainframes to minicomputer/workstation, workstation to PC, copper to optical networking, client/server software to cloud, the fabless semiconductor model, magnetic tape to hard drive, etc. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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How early should you connect to a VC? Here's some data.

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It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. For example, while I closed on the seed investment in Tinybop on November 19, 2012, I met Raul two years earlier at the first Brooklyn Beta in 2010, even before he was working on the company.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round.

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How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

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World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. When I’m helping clients conduct these tests, I almost always find that a great way to start is by offering user-sets different login options to determine which social network APIs should be implemented. Trending Stories.

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

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July 10, 2012 by Curt Finch. Stay tuned to the payments intelligence conversation through the Litle Blog and Twitter. it was what the networks were selling before ‘behavioral’ got hot in 2006. July 10, 2012 09:40:07. July 10, 2012 10:50:39. July 10, 2012 11:12:07. July 10, 2012 11:21:19.

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5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics

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February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. February 9, 2012 14:28:44. February 9, 2012 14:46:14. February 9, 2012 15:20:40. February 9, 2012 14:56:25. February 9, 2012 15:20:12. February 9, 2012 15:00:23. February 9, 2012 15:05:56. February 9, 2012 15:19:24. February 9, 2012 15:17:45.

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Why Your Startup's Name Matters

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October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. Before you can even finish your pitch, people are already making judgments of your company, and bad names can be a real distraction to important conversations. October 3, 2012 14:52:37. October 3, 2012 15:28:03. October 3, 2012 20:30:29. October 4, 2012 04:53:23.

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