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Globalization

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Our traditional view of globalization, common for decades, was massive container ships conveying goods from distant manufacturing locations; and watching services, capital, and expertise flow from one from major established commercial and financial city or region to another. Global trade dipped in 2008.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Comparisons have been made to the two most recent significant pull-backs of the dot com crash in 2000-2001 and Great Recession of 2008-2009. . Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue.

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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

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They met high demand for affordable homes with a single, replicable solution. The decision to build an ecommerce platform or global payment gateway is a multi-year, multimillion dollar initiative that can go horribly wrong. Dangelmaier served as the President of Global Markets and Services at ACI Worldwide Inc.

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Global EIR and Silicon Valley Bank Funding Match

Feld Thoughts

Today Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced their support for Global EIR , a cause for which I care deeply. As you may know, over breakfast in 2015 Jeff Bussgang and I launched Global EIR with the hope of advancing the startup visa effort on a local and state level after it stalled in Congress. million in investment for the US economy.

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Understanding Virtual Data Rooms And Their Significance Today

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A 2012 study done by IBISWorld revealed that VDRs experienced a steady growth of about 17 percent annually as a result of technological advancements as well as the growth of global demand for these storage services. percent between 2009 and 2014. In the year 2015, global companies spent over $4.2 Mergers and Acquisitions.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. It is also a result of pent-up demand. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5%