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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. Another thing that may interest you is how we VCs think about our own funding activities and Jeff and I discussed this in the interview.

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

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We had a little success with Coffee Bar, Magic Mall, and Sony's Infinite Anarchy, and those games keep getting better and we kept learning about the framework, and added more talent to our team. At the time, in 2007, Facebook had just announced they were opening up their API to third party developers. How did you start company?

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Let’s set up a framework. 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. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Turns out like most things there are no simple answers.

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