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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 billion in all deals.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 billion in all deals.

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

Agile VC

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. Infiltrate the social networks (Facebook and Twitter) and then try to connect face-to-face. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists. Post flyers around the CS labs.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Likelihood of Confusion -trademark, copyright and Internet Law. India Israel. Internet trends. Internet TV. Mailing lists/groups.