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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 ” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. Fortnite alone made $1.8

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. “By January 1984, investors had turned away from hardware toward software.”

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After reflecting on the dark forces that confront children in their daily lives, wanting to speak to them about their inner energy and show them how to calm their minds with fun and interesting meditation , I realized that the global platform of a video game would be the best way to reach them and teach them about love and kindness.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has produced world-changing startups in the past such as Dell Software , National Instruments and Whole Foods Market but all of those were founded more than 30 years ago. Austin is good at software, Dallas is good at retail, Houston is good at oil & gas, and San Antonio is good at cybersecurity (just for a few examples).

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

When he had his prototype solution for DataSift and had secured re-syndication rights (the rights to resell Twitter data – which only 3 companies ever had) I knew I wanted to work with him. Under Rob’s leadership we built out an amazing organization of seasoned enterprise software veterans in the US market.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). The global macro conditions could weigh heavily on the IPO market for awhile. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. September 15, 2011. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind).