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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Round sizes of > $100 million or more now account for 47% of all VC dollars (62% if you count rounds > $50 million) This has made venture capital significantly more valuable for VCs and LPs who invest in the best companies As part of our study we noticed a trend many have spotted but few have explained?—?why

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Study: $48 Billion In Value Created Over 15 Years In SoCal IT VC-Backed Firms

SoCal Delicious

A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009. Funk then focused the analysis on the 731 documented exits for the period 1995-2009. IPO in 1996).

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

InfoChachkie

Large Capital Requirements – MBA’s, especially those from top schools, have access to significant amounts of capital, primarily through their alumni and peer networks. Startups formed by Wharton, Harvard and Stanford MBA’s collectively raised $15.8 billion from 2010-2015. and Wharton 2.7%.

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The 1/9/90 Rule of UGC & Why It’s OK to Have Lurkers

Both Sides of the Table

What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. These people use these networks for a variety of reasons but it relates to: - enjoyment from being a creator rather than just a reader. I’ve been loving the product even if it sucks up some of my time.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

socalTECH

We had been talking with another of their companies, the GoBig network, which is a membership organization of investors and entrepreneurs. By late 2005 and 2006, we saw the return of 3D movies, made possible by the digital projectors. Our system uses a different technique, based on the study of the human brain over the past 40 years.

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Interview with Vince Bianco, Newsforce

socalTECH

Vince Bianco: Newsforce is a premium online network, made up exclusively of digital news sites. That's what our network does, in essence, for our clients. Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

After quietly lobbying for Rapid City to become a host city since 2006, she made it onto the agenda to give a formal presentation at ICPC 2013 in St. Logar played a major role in bringing the event to town. Petersburg, Russia. “It It took several years before we were a serious contender,” Logar said.

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