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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. eCommerce is hot again! ReachLocal – we discussed this deal at length including what amount of revenue does it take to get to an IPO (Jim’s view, sub $100 million in fine as long as you have good margins and a strong growth rate). AppDynamics.

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

abovethecrowd.com

Because of the magical ordering system and the ability to efficiently organize a distributed set of drivers, Uber can operate effectively in markets where it simply didn’t make sense to have a dense supply of taxis. You would end up with dramatically more rides – and that is exactly what is happening. New Use Cases. Use in less urban areas.

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4 Super-Hot Fin Tech Trends To Watch Out For In 2016

YoungUpstarts

Gartner expects mobile commerce to make up 50% of all ecommerce payments in the US by the year 2017 and Statista predicts that the volume of mobile payments worldwide will exceed $720 billion by the year 2017. It is estimated that $12 billion was distributed through loans by marketplace lenders in the US. Big Data Will Dominate.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

People in the US can pay for things electronically and can get most services and goods today from the internet – things in the US generally work, so improvements in these areas are all incremental. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Or will these companies go IPO?

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

People in the US can pay for things electronically and can get most services and goods today from the internet – things in the US generally work, so improvements in these areas are all incremental. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Or will these companies go IPO?

Asia 48
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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

That, plus I love the space of high-customer-service, focused eCommerce for moms worried about what their kids eat & wear.&#. Helped get the first security to ever be sold over the internet with a credit card. I know this guy is a money maker. I just had to line up behind him. A Quick Look at Jody’s Previous Success.

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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). Clean measures of conversion rates require a clean and standard implementation of the ecommerce tags. And you also have, perhaps more useful, the industry wide acquisition strategy distribution.

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