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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). There was no money train.

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Cracking The Code: New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn.

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. Congrats to Jim Kelliher, CFO and Michael Simon, CEO, for a successful IPO!

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

And that’s true pretty much across the board – from exits, late stage financings, scaling companies, and seed activity. So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. IPO’s/Exits. in its IPO, current market cap of $282M.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. 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. Have a cushion.

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). ► 2007. (10). Software 2.0: Friday, February 27, 2009. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Add RSS feed.

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Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). ▼ 2007. (10). Software 2.0: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

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Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. like courtney benson 460 days ago i agree that these are questions that one should ask but in the end result one can do all the due diligence possible and still wind up in a bad situation or the opposite can happen. So easy on the eyes!