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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). Many, many more investors are locked-out of the process than are invited to participate.

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