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

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It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. I think you’ll enjoy this TWiVC video because the topics were so wide ranging. Content, of course, is the same!].

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I first met Ethan in 2005. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. I was preparing to move back to the US from London after 11 years abroad. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Answering these questions and other basic planning will tell you where the value is accrued in the enormous travel category, who is serving this market today and you can find whether your entry into the market is likely to create a big business. But I’m investing on the assumption you will be successful, of course.

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