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Diversification – The Alternative to Market Timing

Rob Go

My friend Jordan Cooper wrote an interesting post a few days ago about some of his predictions of the venture market in 2012. Really smart people end up writing thoughtful posts on the future of the venture market pretty much every year – and I often agree with many of them like I do Jordan’s. Syndicate diversification.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company.

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Get Off My Lawn! Crazy Kids and Their Sex, Drugs and Startup Advice!

This is going to be BIG.

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. These represent the bulk of the people commenting, retweeting and liking your posts and sending it viral. Our CEO is a better marketer. Growth hacking? Don''t get me started. other 25 year olds.

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