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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace

TechCrunch LA

Interestingly, that demand has grown a lot during the pandemic, with demand for new homes as much as four times higher than demand for buying “existing” homes. ” That subsequently has put more of an emphasis on the sale of older homes to meet demand.

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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

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There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. . $5

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10 Negatives That Still Make Going Public A High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007.

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Makers vs. Takers – Entrepreneurs Create Wealth, They Do Not Confiscate It

InfoChachkie

Mr. Alinsky incited his followers to demand something for nothing. Mr. Alinsky would demand that I cut slices from my pie and give them to people who did not make an effort to create a pie of their own. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Such thievery is the antithesis of the entrepreneurial approach of creating something from nothing.

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Makers vs. Takers – Entrepreneurs Create Wealth, They Do Not Confiscate It

InfoChachkie

Mr. Alinsky incited his followers to demand something for nothing. Mr. Alinsky would demand that I cut slices from my pie and give them to people who did not make an effort to create a pie of their own. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Such thievery is the antithesis of the entrepreneurial approach of creating something from nothing.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007. They get a cheaper price, they wipe out much founder stock value and they reissue you new options. It was early 2000.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

socalTECH

Their only option is an IPO. If you rate the market on a one to ten scale, with one being 2002 and ten being 2007, we''re probably at around five or six. I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand.