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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

Both Sides of the Table

For me this dates back to pre-Internet days of bulletin boards, CompuServe , Prodigy and the like. If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. Basically, it’s a topic community discussion board and that’s why people go to AVC.com every day.

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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). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . It was a $4.7M

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. He also said they typically only invest at a $1 million pre-money valuation or less. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment

Feld Thoughts

Through a series of conversations, Jane and Dick have come up with the idea to develop a social network tailored to the medical community. Jane felt comfortable with receiving 10% for $50k, but no less, so they agreed on a $450k pre money valuation of their startup.

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