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Jurny Finds $9.5M For Property, Guest Management

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Los Angeles-based Jurny, a developer of software used by independent hotels and vacation and short-term rental property operators for property and guest management, has raised $9.5M The funding was led by Mucker Capital. According to the company, the funding will go towards global expansion of its product, Jurny Virtual.

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WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC

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This is part of my ongoing series “Pitching a VC&# – the outline is here. You’ve pitched several angels and VC’s. Your friends and advisers tell you that this means you need revenue because in this economy VC’s will only fund businesses with revenue. Unfortunately your advisers are wrong.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. If the stock market holds then the pace of VC may hold steady. So why the ’09 bounce?

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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Your product demo crushed. You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. But the real product being bought or sold is “trust.” You had an amazing meeting with an investor.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0

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Web Second, Mobile First

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Kind of like a law firm (or VC firm) with four partners but shortened to just two, people dropped off his second two words. The power of large screen real estate. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) I believe in integrated products.

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Interview with Jody Sherman, CEO of EcoMom

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We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. We do deep research on every single product we advocate for, using the criteria and condition that they create a healthy child and a healthy world. They had a store, but weren't selling much.