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Praying to the God of Valuation

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The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. There was no money train. It was 1991. There were startups and a software industry but barely.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property.

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

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This number is predicted to reach 75% in the coming years, which, combined with a relatively fast and ubiquitous Internet connection, creates an increasingly large market for technology-based ventures. Colombia has a few industries with massive potential for disruptive transformation , in particular, health and finance. Industry gaps.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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“This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. was starting.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Labels: Europe Consumer , internet.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

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I learned from her that even if finances are an issue, it's worth taking risks if you know your idea would change the market. As early as 1994, he had guessed that the Internet would be the next boom, and people would prefer to buy things online in the future. Photo Credit: Monika Nowaczyk. 14- Arianna Huffington.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

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Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 billion online in the first quarter of this year.

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