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First Quarter IPOs Beat All Of 2009

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IPOs in the first three months of the year handily beat all of 2009, as eight U.S., According to Dow Jones, those eight IPOs matched the same number of IPOs throughout all of 2009, and made it the most active quarter for venture-backed company IPOs since Q4 of 2007. billion.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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Timing Is Everything With MakerBot Buy

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However, Desktop Factory had pioneered 3D printing way back in 2007 , before the recent obsession and craze over 3D printed objects. Instead of a giant exit, the Idealab-backed startup shut its doors and sold its assets in 2009. Makerbot wasn''t founded until 2009. READ MORE>>.

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Hulu Names New CFO

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Paul replaces Tom Fuelling, who had been at Hulu since 2007. Hulu said that Paul had been involved in Disney''s original investment in Hulu back in 2009. Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu announced late Friday that it has named Elaine Paul as its new CFO. READ MORE>>. hulu executive video streaming content hollywood'

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Amazon Takes On Local Service Referrals In LA

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Local handyman referral services have been a perennial favorite for startups in Los Angeles, with services as Done Right (acquired by Tree.com in 2009), and Insider Pages (acquired by Citysearch in 2007, now part of Citygrid). READ MORE>>. amazon local service referral citygrid serviz handybook pathjoy'

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Service-now.com Names Slootman CEO

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Slootman was the CEO of Data Domain, having taken that firm public in 2007, and selling the firm to EMC in 2009, where he served as a division executive. San Diego-based Service-now.com , a provider of It management software-as-a-service, said Tuesday that it has named Frank Slootman as CEO. READ MORE>>.

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LegalZoom Adds Former Yahoo President Decker To Board

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Decker was president of Yahoo from 2007 to 2009, and served as CFO of Yahoo from 2000 to 2007. Los Angeles-based LegalZoom.com , the provider of online legal documents, said today that it has added Susan L. Decker, the former President of Yahoo!, to the firm's board of directors.

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