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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Thus is venture capital. Thus begins the venture capital dance.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Today we’re online 3.1

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Investing in the pillars of the Metaverse

VC Cafe

The Open Metaverse is described as the New Internet, but it’s yet to be built yet. billion crypto fund, went particularly viral as Marc struggled to articulate the use case for Web3. The creator economy, a topic I’ve covered extensively on VC Cafe, will be a key part of this new Internet.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. But recent changes in the law, associated with the JOBS Act of 2012 , have made it possible to sell small chunks of ownership or equity to non-accredited investors -- regular people on the Internet.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. At the same time, acquisition opportunities will expand as large existing companies, unable to keep up with the pace of innovation in these emerging Internet markets, will “innovate&# by buying startups. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. Carpe Diem. Wide Adoption.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

It sort of reminds me of the new generation of innovation that is happening around user-controlled terrestrial & Internet station Jelli.]. It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. This was in the 90′s.