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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. One company – Samasource – presented an incredibly inspirational goal of helping people in developing countries – not by aid but by engaging them in work. Yes, I still used a Blackberry in 2009. Not this one. A “hats off” (see what I did there?)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. Mostly, I love writing. But the product is called textPlus, not textFree.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

And 450 million licenses of Windows 7 were sold since its launch in 2009, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever, and showing us that Windows is going to keep controlling the OS market share. Microsoft as a company also donates its products and services to help those less fortunate. 3. It’s not just about Windows.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. You must watch this short video.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Crazy, huh?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

If one entered between 2009-2015 he or she is no doubt in the “hazard” phase where one need to be careful about thinking he know more about the industry than perhaps he do. But sometimes “mo” is “ faux ” and then … G-d help you. why do I write p.s.’s sometimes? Same as I felt.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. Reading what people have to say about us like how we changed their lives and helped them find a job is a rewarding experience. So if you send out cover letters with typos and resumes that are misaligned, that will definitely not help you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But the people whom I consider best in this industry are quite helpful indeed. The best VCs know the buyers and can help guide and manage the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

This was until about 2009 because most the investments in companies came from one, maybe two, sources. This is a function of my fund size (if I have a $10 million fund I’m unlikely to write a $2 million check since my fund will lack diversification), my view of the risks in your company and my desired ownership.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away. PHONE CALLS. Enter phone calls.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Like many of you, though, I’m always struggling with productivity drains and in search of improvements.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) And being populist helps that. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business. There are other ways you can get help. It helps that my first company was actually founded in Ireland!

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Your BBB has formed a strategic alliance to help save you money in your everyday costs starting immediately. I have been asked by your Better Business Bureau to help accredited businesses like you keep more of the money you earn. Please let me know if there is anything else we can help you with. 2009 Closed Complaints – 4.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

OneCubicle helps you build a career, through a jobs page, jobs listings, career advice, micro transactions for resume help, and an upcoming celebrity mentor feature. That was the jumping off point for OneCubicle a little over 18 months ago, when we started writing the business plan and code. How are your two companies connected?

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman: When we first put it out in early 2009, free texting was just a huge offering. Most people don't know it, but JAMDAT, and eventually EA Mobile, helped launch the iPod game channel, so we saw what was coming. Even though write once and run anywhere has been the holy grail, I think it's the false prophet.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. But the problem with being all in – all in for me, let’s say I can write $10 to $12 million per company. And they transferred me in.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). I’ll help you raise the fund. I told them it was now or never.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Per the email below, Jeff leveraged his discussion with the industry expert to enlist his help with future investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. And you can have ulterior motives like helping people or being involved with “cool stuff.&# If you’re investing other people’s money you’re a professional money manager. We picked up activity aggressively in 2009.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

General interest, awareness, and discussion about AI has waxed and waned since the field was founded in 1956,” they write ( PDF ). “We We find that discussion of AI has increased sharply since 2009, and that these discussions have been consistently more optimistic than pessimistic.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. I definitely check people out using LinkedIn.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks. do you need help? What I write here is protected by a Creative Commons License. We’re going to do this by hard-coding share buttons into your theme. whats the process?

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. It really showed me how you can leverage the power of an online platform for marketers, helping to convince marketers that leveraging the web was a good way to spend and invest their money.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. We want to help them, and will. Thank you @eminutes. . Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

founder, Steve Cunningham, this is exactly the thought process he went through when developing a product to help you take in and use information faster. The first video was created in a couple weeks by the team back in 2009 with the intention of continuing to create great content for social media. “We Readitfor.me

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Back at that time, I had people ask my--why would I ever want to read what other people are writing, isn't that what professional authors and journalists are for? Johnson: We launched in April of 2009, so it's coming up on almost a year. By contributing content, they're helping someone else in the world. That's obvious.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. Twitter search helped me build my business and personal brand. And best of all, it was all free.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation. Maker Studios?—?sold

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

Beginning with hip hop in 2009, they’ve since included different genre verticals into their model with rock, poetry, news, even bible. With the group’s reputation preceding themselves the way they did, I couldn’t help but wonder to myself, “what gives?” What Gives? ” Where was the ridiculousness?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2017

It’s why I try to write about and be available to people who suffer from depression. Having just gotten back from my first proper 2-week vacation (as opposed to extended family gathering) since 2009 I can tell you it was truly life fulfilling. If it’s urgent please email xxxxxxxxxxx who will help. So here are my asks 1.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We'll even write a half a million check. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them. When we were investing in firms in the late 90's, and even 2000/2001, it cost a lot more to build a business than these days.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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