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Reflections on 2019: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital

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The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Since 2010, $6.3B

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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Weinman started the site and associated business because--as she told us in a 2010--that there's wasn't much industry around Ojai where she could continue her work teaching computer skills.

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Four SoCal Startups That Thrived Despite--or Because Of--Economic Downturns

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Just two years later, in 2010, the company had a successful IPO. The company was eventually acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5 billion. >. GoToMyPC was then acquired by Citrix for $225M in 2003.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) Try reading a bunch of reviews, checking 5 different restaurants to try and compare the differences. They do both well.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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We also have a partnership with Trion Media, which is one of the largest content providers to the radio industry. We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. The second event was in Boulder. Team Pip.io

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StartupDemo Is Shaping Up Nicely

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Through a portfolio of vertical web properties reaching more than 80 million monthly visitors, a global network of digital partners, and a breakthrough content studio, Demand Media publishes what the world wants to know and share. Event Details: When: Wednesday, Sept 22nd, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.