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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. Are we in a bubble?” By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza. of the fund.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.