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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

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.) My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!)

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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I had early success working in-house with Matt Coffin at LowerMyBills in 2005, and then I was brought on by Yahoo to build out the Yahoo Publisher Network Team. Plus, we will provide resume writing services. Josh Stomel: We're seeing more and more layoffs every day. Josh Stomel: My background is in the recruiting industry.

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