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Seven Lessons Learned for Startups
"The following is a list of those quotes which were often repeated to me . . . they are the ones most significant to me and those which I believe can be generalized and applied to startup situations."
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10 Reasons to Go Short on Second Life
"I thought the blog/Web 2.0/Cluetrain revolution was all about authenticity and living online the way I do in real life... my digital world as a reflection of my real interests and real personality?"
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"So if you want to get into the venture capital business, become a connector. Find a job that lets you build your network."
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The story of the downfall of Friendster.
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The Obvious Corp - Evan and Biz Take Back Odeo
The greening of The Valley, why sustainable companies matter.
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Digital Competition - Avram Miller
You know when you read one of those things where someone has said everything you're thinking . . . and then you realize they said it seven years ago?
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The 20 smartest companies to start now
"Howard Schultz, Steve Case, Vinod Khosla, and other major investors are sharing their best startup ideas. And they're willing to give a collective $100 Million to the entrepreneurs who can make them happen."
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"Business is about taking a bright idea and assembling a team that can turn that idea into a product and bring that product to customers who want to buy it. It's that simple. "
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Is The "Traditional Venture Capital Model" Broken?
"So we need a new approach to the kind of companies we fund and we need a new approach to how we fund them and how we get out of them."
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"A quote from Paul Graham's Hackers and Painters starts off one of the chapters in my PhD thesis. Now Graham's got some tips on presenting to investors. Hear him out."
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Potential to change the structure of markets
"We invest in IT enabled services that have the potential to change the structure of markets."
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The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us
"If you’ve never met with angels or VCs and are curious as to what they might want to know, here is a list of the more common questions we fielded."
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Industry Note - The Great Divide: Why is the Valley Afraid of MySpace?
"Web 2.0 can't live up to its game-changing potential until and unless the geeks step outside and think outside their own box of geekery."
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Five good tips for pitching your business to anyone, not just VCs.
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