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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 20052010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.)

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) Either scenario requires angel deals to be funded further.

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5 Reasons Why Businesses Still Love Microsoft

Tech Zulu Event

Every second, a copy of MS Office 2010 is sold, and a large number of those go towards corporate use. All we have to do is look at the data, though: Since its launch in 2005, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has sold 66 million copies worldwide. Bing Powered search now controls 30% of the search engine market share. That’s 133,333 units per day.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. More red tape.

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

301 Please use the canonical URI&# , TRUE, 301); header(&# Location: $absoluteUri&# ); header(&# X-Canonical-URI: $absoluteUri&# ); // experimental header("Link: ; rel=canonical"); // experimental exit; } Subdomains are so 1999, also 2010 is the year of non-’ www’ URIs. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it.

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