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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

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Netflix Redux: Is It Ever OK to Fire Your Customers?

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The big price increase : 5 out of 5 stars. Some customer segments value the DVD business and these may be more price sensitive. They might be willing to pay higher prices (and perhaps not an “all you can eat” price but a “pay as you go” price per film). A blog post! No, probably not.

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Bio Roundup: Cancer Wishes and Shopping Lists, Allergan Pricing & More

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—Allergan CEO Brent Saunders criticized “egregious price takers” and pledged his own firm would practice responsible pricing to get out in front of potential legislative action that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been threatening.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. You’re stuck in the past.&#. There are too many deals.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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In the IAB study that revealed the graph above, brand advertisers indicated that their number one objective in online advertising was “creating awareness&# followed by “creating purchase intent&# or “likelihood to recommend&# the product. Give people massive price increases on most media and they’ll abandon it.

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My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub

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But this gets all the space on prominent blogs because it’s what bloggers like to cover.&# It’s self selecting. A recent study said seed stage valuations have been quite static recently. Prices are creeping up and angels are feeling bullish. This created a big gap for people to come in. Minutes 11-13.

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Biotech Roundup: Fighting Addiction, Obama Precision, Juno Deaths & More

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British medical journal The Lancet published a study , funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that showed viral hepatitis has become the seventh leading cause of death globally, up from tenth in 1990. The FDA has halted the trial , and Juno’s share price dropped 28 percent after hours on Thursday.

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