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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. Read More ».

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. The third wave of podcasting. itunes.apple.com.

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Are Google-Scale Outcomes More Frequent? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Revenue ramp of Groupon and Zynga –> Kleiner famously said Zynga was the fastest growing company they’d ever invested in , no mean feat for the original backers of Google, Amazon, Netscape, etc, and Groupon might be the fastest ever startup to reach $1B in revenue. Filed under Uncategorized. link] Ashish Datta.

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My fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. The third wave of podcasting. itunes.apple.com.

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When good things happen to good people: SinglePlatform acquired by Constant Contact

This is going to be BIG.

You don't just get the entrepreneur--you get the team he puts in a position to succeed. When we first syndicated the seed round with other investors, some people didn't get it. It was tough to get the market excited if you weren't doing viral photosharing. Not everyone was enthusiastic about this company, though.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market .

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. In 2011, before we sold the business, we had a business that was making $30 million a year in revenue, but we’ve never raised any capital. Matt Watson: Yeah.