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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5 thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).

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Pinterest – a case study in capital efficiency

The Equity Kicker

Pinterest now supports 18m users with growth running at 50% per month with the following: Amazon costs are around $39k for S3 and $30k for EC2 (I assume per month). They have 275 EC2 instances. Traffic costs them $52 an hour during peak times, down to $15 during the night. They have 31 employees, up from 12 in December.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. That makes both of these amazing companies great channels for startups. Facebook is a “platform cloud&# provider, too.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

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Startup Resources

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Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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Startup Tools

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Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.