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Interview with Quinn Curtis, BrightCloud

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Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. Quinn Curtis: We were not for sale, although to be fair, we had gotten more than a couple of offers to buy the firm. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Quinn, thanks for the time.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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acquired by AOL in 2006), a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Studios, and a senior business and legal affairs executive at New Line Cinema and Savoy Pictures Entertainment. He began his career as a media, entertainment and IP attorney. MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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In any sale--and raising money is a sale--establishing credibility early on is important. Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. It's in the DNA of entrepreneurs.

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

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Where it might look something like: 1000, profile.photo.update, 1, 9:30AM 3/14/2008. September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am. Virtual Goods Summit 2008 + last week’s Twitter links » Add New Comment. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. Any deal. Things change.