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JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Book Review: Remote by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson – crowdspring.co/1gYIIgT. Book Review: Remote by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson – crowdspring.co/1gYIIgT. Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. Snapchat’s Valuation If For Real | Business Insider - crowdspring.co/19B3kCX.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Best of 2010 Tech, Year In Review (by @FrankGruber ) – [link]. Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation – [link]. Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – [link]. Forrester Forecasts One Third Of U.S.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Disruptions: Time to Review F.A.A. Bill Gates: We need crazy energy entrepreneurs – [link]. Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

VC valuation spreadsheet – [link]. A quarter of all Chicago-area mortgages underwater – [link]. John Sculley on Steve Jobs and the Experience of a Lifetime – [link]. Excellent example from Uber on how to analyze data to improve your product/service – [link]. Are You Up For a Second Job?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

An interesting drill-down into Apple’s valuation – [link]. Here’s crowdSPRING’s @chrisdetmer playing an original tune at a recent performance in Chicago – [link]. Outsourcing, crowdsourcing and crowdSPRING – [link]. Understanding J.C. Penney’s Risky New Pricing Strategy – [link].

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