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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts for SaaS companies planning their 2009 budget. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Is Government a good idea? Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) And for the first time, private companies like Continental Capital, Pitch Johnson & Bill Draper and Sutter Hill were formed to take advantage of the government largesse from the SBA.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

So we opened the goFlow platform from surfing-only to 10 new verticals: Paddle-boarding, Diving, Fishing, Skateboarding, Cycling, Golfing, Snow sports, Boating, Kitesurfing and more to come. So in 2009, as the economy came to a screeching halt, I took the leap. It’s a problem that all weather driven sports have.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. Corporate Finance One of the ironies in Silicon Valley is that the two companies which gave birth to its entire semiconductor industry weren’t funded by venture capital.

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

mashable.com

In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. I would like to know, what are the areas/vertical they are looking for acquisition? Money and Finance Lists. ITA Software. Result: sale was made. July 18, 2012 12:38:13.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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