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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this. These funds were active back in 2006 when I was raising money for my second company.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair?

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I first met Ethan in 2005. ” When merchants sign up MyTime then helps them with marketing activities through marketing automation tools they’ve build across SEM, social, and email. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad.

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Kerri Pollard Discloses Commission Junction’s Secret Weapon: Humble Confidence And A Healthy Dose Of Passionate Conviction

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Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. . Kerri's second story involves her relentless pursuit of activities intended to spark her young daughter's passions. She is nine years old and like most parents, we have enrolled her in a slew of activities over the years.

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Interview with Alex Kazerani and James Segil, OpenPath

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In 2000, James and I started KnowledgeBase, which we sold in 2005. What we're seeing as customers are installing and using our product, and the feedback we get from texts, emails, and things they post to LinkedIn are amazing, and has been an incredible experience. What drove you to start new company and get back into the startup game?

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Wilson is the President/COO of Paltalk, a profitable leading live social interest/topic & content based video and chat community, with millions of active users a month, cross platforms. From 1997 through 2005, Robin was a marketing executive and general manager at PepsiCo. Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Partner with us!

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Interview with Peter Lee, Baroda Ventures

socalTECH

He was basically active investing until 2004 and 2005, and then started getting much more involved in the non-profit space. In the last couple of weeks, we've started to ramp up, and are actively looking at new investments. You mention the firms who aren't as active--and with funds going away, not yet raising money, etc.