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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

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Third, he notes that even if they do invest they’re likely to do so at a lower price because you can’t truly get an independent valuation. We had to buy expensive Sun servers, Oracle databases, Unix licenses and build complex software. .&# This is true and does happen. I’m sure this happens, too.