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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. Tell us about your backers? Everyone else is Chinese.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. It doesn’t seem too irrational for seed or A deals, just a bit higher than the norm. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!