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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. We both loved this company (and lamented the fact that we weren’t investors since they were founded in LA before relocating to Silicon Valley). Total raised: $29.5mm.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. 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).

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. It just seems to me that having a great idea without Silicon Valley connections becomes an obstacle. viral video. viral videos. Global Syndication Partners. or Twitter. AlanBologlu1. Social Media. steve jobs.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The third wave of podcasting. Podcasts have been around for some time. itunes.apple.com.

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Are Google-Scale Outcomes More Frequent? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I think one of the key takeaways is that the exponential growth of Internet connected devices along with the strong viral loops of Facebook and Twitter have served as accelerants for these high growth companies. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. . | Filed under Uncategorized. link] Ashish Datta.

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My fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. Serial exploded in popularity and spread virally. The third wave of podcasting. Podcasts have been around for some time. itunes.apple.com.

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