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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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But that doesn’t mean that people are paying rational prices as investors based on intrinsic value. Rational people can disagree and some may argue that today’s prices are rational and under-pinned by economic drivers. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That’s fine.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Irrational prices and over investment in your competitors hurts your ability to build healthy businesses. So VCs often raise money every 3-5 years if they can.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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StartupDemo Is Shaping Up Nicely

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Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The nearly 300 members of TCA collaborate with each other on due diligence and then make individual decisions regarding potential investments. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m. RSVP: [link].

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

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Founded in 2006, Demand Media is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. The nearly 300 members of TCA collaborate with each other on due diligence and then make individual decisions regarding potential investments. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m. RSVP: [link].

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

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2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. They realize that stealing code and ideas could severely hurt their growth.