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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

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NOT because the founder of the company has an established credibility working for both Facebook and MINT when those companies were in infancy. I am a raving fan of AppSumo because the creator of the brand, Noah Kagan , leads his company focusing on community first and sales second. I am a raving fan of AppSumo.com.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. Are you looking to potentially sell the company in the next year or two?

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Interview with Wes Nichols, MarketShare

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MarketShare recently launched a rebranding effort for the company, and is in the midst of a major hiring and expansion phase. Wes Nichols: MarketShare is an analytics company. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We've been expanding the company aggressively.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. There is an inherent value that any company has. I acknowledged this in the article.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. But on micro level, over-funding also creates performance problems for specific companies. Some will pay off, others will not.