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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” According to Draper, in addition to the above Rule Number One, there are many other questions that need to be answered before a CEO should recommend to the board that it is time for an IPO: Do you really need the money?

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. The reason I was brought in, was because one of my board members, Tim Draper, who was a board member at my first company, encouraged me along with some of the other partners at Epic to come and spend a year there.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

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Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. Our growth has been steady from month-to-month, and has just started to ramp up heavily in 2011. Clark Benson: We raised money from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Palo Alto, Rincon Ventures, and a number of angels. What's the story behind Ranker?

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. and Facebook beef up their presence and more Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs establish footholds in. TOPICID 408.