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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!)

crowdSPRING Blog

Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. Finally, we work hard to create marketing value in the social media space and work to engender word-of-mouth and the viral effect. The Obama campaign and viral video. Burger King’s brave new world.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? The Present Era.

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

Austin Startup

The point is that we were initially searching for the answers at Bazaarvoice?—?what 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. Apple has been a huge catalyst for digital music downloads due to the viral success of the iPod.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

One of our prior investments was an e-commerce company that grew primarily through organic search. Banks invested because they wanted access to our large and growing consumer base or to try to catch the lightning in the bottle of our virally growing payments business. .

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

Cracking the Code

2002, the stock price went from $17.5 In search of Europe's next tech stars. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Did he really "accidentally" made several hundred million dollars by investing in a company (NetSuite) that raised $120m and turned it into a $1B market cap… What an unsuccessful outcome! software. (10).

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

Cracking the Code

With the oil barrel price moving from $20 in 2002 to $124 today, and cities like San Francisco in active discussion to build a 5-megawatt installation within the city limits , this prediction seems on its way - and was widely approved by the audience. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.