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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. In 2015, Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano launched GOAT , a marketplace for the exchange of sneakers. Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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I think that mindset is useful to remind entrepreneurs that it is a shared journey and capital (whether active or passive) is a part of your success and your ability to access it when you need to and for the amounts you need is a very critical differentiator between successful companies and unsuccessful one.

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SaaS Wars: Europe Awakens

Cracking the Code

Global SaaS revenues are expected to grow by $19 billion in 2016, an increase of 22% from 2015, while traditional software revenues are shrinking by $10B. Two dollars in SaaS revenues are created for every $1 of software revenues eaten – an impressive stat, but where does Europe stand on the global SaaS map?

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. He sees the same situation playing out today in online media.

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Cloud Europe 2017: The Factory is Cranking

Cracking the Code

Europe and India are growing particularly quickly, and investment more than doubled from 2015, while the US is up 20%. in SaaS companies globally. The pace of SaaS company creation in Europe is growing even faster, up from 200 companies in 2008-10 to 670 in 2014-16. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Aug 18, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT. #1) Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community. Tell us your story below! 1) Solve a Problem. It’s a problem that all weather driven sports have.