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

Both Sides of the Table

What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. articles and leaves.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

The ten questions that make up the core of the Gust executive summary (and that in turn comprise the bulk of the ‘One Pager’ that investors print out for screening and review sessions) are only the distilled tip of the iceberg. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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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.