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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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My Big Plans For 2011 (Plus What You Need To Focus On Next Year)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Despite not focusing on any new projects my finances stayed on track and I even managed to crack the half million mark in revenue that tax year for the second year running, meaning I had generated more than a million dollars online in 24 months.

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

So here it is: for all the privacy invasions, security risks and and fundamental changes in our personal and domestic domains, this is what these companies* generate in revenue: Google – about $150 a year per person. Both income taxes and capital gains taxes. Facebook – about $80 a year per person.

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Perfecting a More Digital Union: Ro Khanna’s Dignity In A Digital Age

Reid Hoffman

In a third, he suggests offering a capital gains tax credit to institutions that invest in nontraditional, Black- and Brown-run firms or those led by women. Of course, as Khanna rightly notes, liking and sharing social media posts are not sufficient endpoints for democratic expression.