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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. Each VC raises money – say $90 million.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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Want To Be A TechStar? Read Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s New Book: Venture Deals

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You can watch my interview with Brad below or on YouTube here: [link]. Of the 80 companies that have completed the program since its 2007 inception, 49 have received funding, 8 have been acquired and 8 have ceased operations. It falls into three categories. There’s the category of VCs who are all for more transparency.

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How ConsumerTrack Has Created A Growing, Profitable--and Mostly Unknown Business

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In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. How have you managed to build the company to the size you have without outside funding? It sounds like you''re completely boostrapped. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Adam Bernhard, HauteLook

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Last week, Los Angeles-based HauteLook (www.hautelook.com), an online private sales site, scored a major round of funding--raising $31M from Insight Venture Partners. We started in December of 2007, and my background is from the apparel business. What is all that funding going towards? Adam Bernhard: It is a very exciting area.

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Interview: Seth Epstein of SocialStay

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Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past. 1) I know that you guys are in the midst of a funding round and are hiring. constantly looking and interviewing.”. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. I overspent on stuff that didn’t matter or that I thought mattered. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing.

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Interview with Adam Lieber, Webtide

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I was a VC at Mission Ventures, the VC that funded Gluecode, I was at Gluecode and among the first four people there, and we were acquired by IBM with 350,000 people. We've profitable and cash flow positive all the way through, whereas a VC-funded company tends to run losses while they build out their market. So far so good.

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