2005 Customer Funding Software Review 
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FEBRUARY 9, 2013
My partner Steven Dietz is an expert on cars (and auto startups having funded DealerTrack , TrueCar , Digital Airstrike , Uparts and others) and I called him and he said, “Decline everything. I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. That’s where the dealer makes all their margin – upselling you at close.”
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.
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APRIL 13, 2011
In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.
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OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO.
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MARCH 25, 2016
It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.
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JUNE 22, 2011
He said, “They need an unbiased view of the fund raising environment because there is too much misinformation and everything seems to be changing fast.&#. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property.
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MAY 27, 2009
Peter Lee: Baroda Ventures is David Bohnett's--the founder of Geocities'--personal investment fund. He was basically active investing until 2004 and 2005, and then started getting much more involved in the non-profit space. You mention the firms who aren't as active--and with funds going away, not yet raising money, etc.--where
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