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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% It is also a result of pent-up demand. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . As a leader in social commerce, we strive to stay ahead of what’s happening right now.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I’d link to it but it’s behind a paywall.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Topics we discussed in the first 45 minutes of the video include: What is VC like in NY? We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). Dec 26, 2009). equity debate.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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What is the True Sentiment of VCs? I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” But not a VC or Bill Gurley or myself would have spooked it 2 years ago.

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