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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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The Difference Between ?No? and ?Not Yet? ? AGILEVC

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When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

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I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook, Inc.

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