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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more and hasn’t abated.

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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. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% It is also a result of pent-up demand.

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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

.” In many respects, technology acts as the great leveler, opening up global trade that was once the exclusive preserve of large multinationals. Servicing a global customer base means overcoming problems such as time zones, and language and cultural nuances. This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co.,

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. 4/19/2009 – Still an agency. ” to.

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Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment And The Land Of Opportunity In Video Game Design

YoungUpstarts

In 2009, 27,000 smart phone applications were downloaded a half-billion times. Future games that innovate on these concepts will prove to be highly successful in the world of online and social gaming. In deed, in 2009,World of Warcraft alone represented 10% of global online gaming revenues.

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

abovethecrowd.com

A sustainable platform or marketplace is one where the value of being in the network clearly outshines the transactional costs charged for being in the network. This way, suppliers will feel obliged to stay on the platform, and consumers will not see prices that are overly burdened by the network provider. The rest is history.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. When this period was fresh, in Sept 2009, I wrote a very detailed assessment of what I thought had just happened.

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