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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. 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). Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. How a law firm got funded thanks to partners that wouldn’t give up. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Look to the government.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. July 18, 2012 10:15:01. July 18, 2012 10:20:12. July 18, 2012 10:26:22. Like Tweet. 10 Stellar Space-Themed Accessories For Your Office. Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. He founded an apparel company in 2012 and it has been quite successful.

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Denouement

View from Seed

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

On November 28, 2012. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. November 29, 2012. November 29, 2012. PandoDigest. Share on Twitter. By Sarah Lacy.