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JULY 29, 2010

@tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. Down rounds are psychologically really difficult on companies and can make it harder to do later rounds. A: It’s not best. This is wrong.

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APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Really!).

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

For years now, companies have been forced to choose between cumbersome, expensive Virtual Data Rooms and decentralized, unsecure email to manage their complex transactions. million, brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to $2.5 25 Years of Writing Code. 25 Years of Writing Code. million Raised.

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MARCH 22, 2010

When you are selected you share the stage with 49 other companies (in the case of TechCrunch50. Most people pay attention to the first 5 companies. By company 22 it’s hard to remember what any of them did. If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. .

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MAY 22, 2010

One of the companies that just announced $10 million in funding was a company I had never heard of called Huddle. With Huddle, you can manage people, projects and information inside and outside your company, securely.&#. I always worry about companies that spread themselves too broadly. And then eBay bought them for $2.6

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JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. Nearly every company faces its crisis moments and only through the inspiration , focus and dedication of the leadership can you motivate teams to dig in deep and come out the other side stronger. ON LEADERSHIP.

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