Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin. Since its founding in 2002, Musk’s SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) has been at the forefront in the conceptualization and manufacture of efficient space rockets. Named after Alan B.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the years immediately prior to the popularity of institutional seed investing (I’m using a time frame of 2002 – 2007), the early-stage financing landscape looked similar to the first segment of the chart. technical co-founder). Series A investors invested quite early, often before product/market fit. Tweet this.).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Monty Munford is the founder of Mob76 , a company that helps companies become investible and prepares them for exit. Now, we have more than 500 employees and we deliver the widest range of products in the country,” said Raphael Afaedor, co-founder of JUMIA, at the time of funding. “We Konga is another investor darling.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

I won the Imagine Cup back in 2004 and I have trained people to pass their MCSD certifications. But after a discussion with Hendro , founder of Moluko , I decided to give Ruby on Rails another go. I guess that’s as far as I will be able to push my co-workers right now. Too many smart people liked it.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

I won the Imagine Cup back in 2004 and I have trained people to pass their MCSD certifications. But after a discussion with Hendro , founder of Moluko , I decided to give Ruby on Rails another go. I guess that’s as far as I will be able to push my co-workers right now. Too many smart people liked it.

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Ruby Developer Product Caching 28