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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon’s new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, Assistly, Bit.ly Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, Mr. Parekh serves on various advisory boards of start-up internet companies.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. This is a term indicating the use of “crowd appeal” to get money from interested people on the Internet for a share of your company.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The Tel Aviv center will support Barclay’s international finance operations and expand the British bank’s equities and prime services among others. Unemployment fell to 6.1% in January, as the number of Israelis out of work dropped to 189,300. Unemployment had dropped as low as 5.9% Before that, unemployment was last at 6.1%

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The Imperceptible, But Very Real Boom

Agile VC

I believe we’re going to look back in 2-5 years and realize that we’ve been in a once a decade boom for internet & software startups. In the tech sphere, a good bit of air was let out of the tires when the hype around some consumer-facing internet companies proved transitory.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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A big industry is born and peaks within 13 years

The Equity Kicker

If you take the 1995 Netscape IPO as the start of the internet advertising market then that industry went from inception to decline in 19 years. Yesterday I noted that the desktop advertising has also peaked. There’s a similar story there.

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