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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally.

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

We became a global company and it was truly an entrepreneurial dream come true for Brant, our team, and me. And if you are an entrepreneur in search of a business idea, search for businesses that are in huge markets that are dependent on bad profits. Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Paris, November 1998. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Saturday, December 09, 2006. Software 2.0:

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

He should have invested in Lawson obviously… I could not track back their stock price in 1998 when NetSuite was launched, but since Jan. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Global Warning! Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. 2002, the stock price went from $17.5

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

It’s a nod to the global popularity of YouTube, which announced this March that it reached 1 billion monthly users who watch some 6 billion hours of video each month. All these phenomena are part of an ubertrend I call Voyeurgasm – and it’s changing our lives and maybe even your future. The History Of Voyeurgasm.

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