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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. Between 20062008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. Until we weren’t.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post). Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Total Raised: $9.64mm.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

We have thirteen-plus companies which have gone from inception to selling for North of a billion dollars, including the last company we sold, in October of 2008, BillMeLater, which we sold to eBay for a billion dollars. As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Amy was named one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women” in 2008 & 2009 by the San Francisco Business Times, and inducted into the “Forever Influential” hall of fame in 2010. Beginning in 2006, he began creating entrepreneurial ecosystem components in Memphis, Tennessee and then founded Start Co.,

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). I got a taste of that within my first weeks on the job.

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