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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. The market had tanked.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

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I first met the founder of Pose, Dustin Rosen , when he was a junior person with an LA-based venture capital firm called The Mail Room Fund. He researched his market, he thought hard about how he thought it might ultimately monetize, he built a prototype and he created a very compelling vision for where he thought his market would head.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

If your numbers work out, then scaling becomes a question of capital. Another thing that Dave has done well is to look at the value of different marketing channels: There’s a lot of value in this presentation. Start by building just enough of your product to get early CAC and CLV signals (they won’t be perfect).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0? Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets?

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Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

If these numbers work out, then often scaling is more a question of capital. The other thing that I think he's really done well is his look at value of different marketing channels. Often, what we are trying to do initially is show exactly how these numbers play out. You only build what you need to prove that model. Great stuff.

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