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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. ” In it Brooks talks about his recent trip to Africa with his 12-year-old son.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Brain Health And Wellness Innovation Drives Digital Health Market, Social Change

YoungUpstarts

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, named a Young Global Leader in 2012 by the World Eco­nomic Forum, is the CEO of SharpBrains , a lead­ing inde­pen­dent mar­ket research and think tank track­ing health and pro­duc­tiv­ity appli­ca­tions of neu­ro­science.

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. billion collected in 2012. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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XYO Network: How Blockchain Is Navigating Location Tracking Into The Future

YoungUpstarts

The same GPS technology that University of Texas students were able to spoof back in 2012 in order to force land a military drone, is now easy enough for your neighbor’s twelve year old to tamper with in order to level up his Snorlax on Pokemon Go.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

If you look 5 years later at the 2012 vintage, top quartile TVPI is 2.29. The top quartile DPI for the 2012 vintage is 0.62. So, in a nutshell, this suggests that the 2012 vintage is appreciating in value faster than the older vintages but seem to be distributing out cash more slowly. That’s only 0.5X nearly the same as 2007.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. He became a VC at London-based Benchmark Europe (now Balderton) and then CEO of Endemol, a large multibillion media company best known for creating & owning global franchises for Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and other unscripted television.

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