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Pull the Plug or Keep Searching for the Believer? When Fundraising is Tough.

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The energy that it takes persuading someone who starts with a bias not to invest is much better suited searching for additional prospects who want to believe in what you’re building. At some point, if a company is unable to raise an additional round of capital after speaking with numerous potential funders, the market will have spoken.

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The Shift Towards Universal Search

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There has been a lot of coverage this past week about the recent upgrading of search engines' user experiences to include other content-type results. Yahoo unveiled new enhancements on Tuesday , Microsoft launched refined Live Search last week , and Ask upgraded to its "3D" user interface back in June.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

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a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. Both super-angels are institutionalizing “up” and formerly traditional VCs shifting “down” to fill a market opportunity. During an initial seed round, companies are able to test and validate live product/market theses.

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The Right Question(s) to Ask VCs about Their Availability of Capital

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The idea is that if a venture firm is towards the end of its capital availability that they’re much less likely to invest in a new startup, and that there are even cases of “walking dead” firms taking entrepreneur meetings to maintain the appearances of being “in market” with very little intentions (or ability) to invest at all.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

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Like any economic transaction, the pricing of a startup’s seed round ultimately depends on the equation of perceived supply (the quality of the team, product, & market) and demand (how many competitive alternatives there are to any one given funder, including non-consumption). Above market.

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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

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Over the past year, I’ve kept my eye on ComScore’s monthly press releases of the Video Metrix service which outlines the market share of online videos. According to ComScore, YouTube’s market share of total videos viewed has decreased notably. I am surprised that yesterday’s ComScore press release didn’t make mention of it.

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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

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Over the past year, I’ve kept my eye on ComScore’s monthly press releases of the Video Metrix service which outlines the market share of online videos. According to ComScore, YouTube’s market share of total videos viewed has decreased notably. I am surprised that yesterday’s ComScore press release didn’t make mention of it.

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