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Praying to the God of Valuation

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Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. Until we weren’t. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst.

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What I’ve Learned from Fred Wilson

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Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” What you may not know is that Fred has been a behind-the-scenes mentor to many of the newer VCs in the industry including myself. This works brilliantly.”