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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. E-commerce is a great example.

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I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. We also make some e-commerce revenue, because some people are ranking products, so we can make affiliate revenue or lead revenue on clicks on things like cars. What's the story behind Ranker? It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

--but businesses spend 18 trillion a year, but very few companies are trying to facilitate that kind of commerce. It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. What's your background, and how did you decide to start the company? We were doing a reverse merger, and taking it public, raising $25M.

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