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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

However, I have seen some blog posts posing the question about whether the same principles of valuing baseball players could be applied to entrepreneurs. I encourage entrepreneurs to give it a shot and let me know what you think. Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. ► 2012. (1).

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Startup Resources

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A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Wireframes.

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Do Angel Groups Belong in Heaven or Hell?

Professor VC

I have always admired the Dead's biz model (sorry Friendster/MySpace/Facebook, The Dead was the First Social Network) and music, although I never became a full fledged Deadhead. For entrepreneurs, the process tends to be very long with many different players, information requests, and a lack of transparency with the process.

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ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

Professor VC

I have been following the rallying cry of entrepreneurs with some amusement over the past couple of weeks in response to a blog post by Jason Calacanis, " Why Start-ups Shouldnt have to pay to pitch angel investors." Ive written about the practice of charging entrepreneurs in earlier blog posts and it is not something we would ever do at SHA.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

For firms that dont have access to the most successful entrepreneurs, trying to predict an individual or individual teams success rate based on experience, personal attributes, intellect, etc. might very well be a good way to find some promising first time entrepreneurs. ► 2012. (1). Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM. Newer Post.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. At Fliqz, we met or exceeded the sales plan every month during the due diligence process. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.