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JUNE 28, 2010

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Venture Financings we Discussed. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. I was baffled. They were envious.

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Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

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JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. I was baffled. They were envious.

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Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors.

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