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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

She is an author and founding partner of Y Combinator, which Lovd.com (W21) was lucky enough to be a part of as well as 3,500 other companies including Airbnb, Instacart, DoorDash, Coinbase, Dropbox and many others. She is the co-founder of the famous Huffington Post and the founder of Thrive Global. 1- Jessica Livingston.

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The Philanthropic Efforts Of James Dondero

YoungUpstarts

James Dondero has lived in Dallas since 1994. Highland operates globally, but James Dondero chooses to focus on the local community and recognize the change that his firm can offer for the better. Recently, he partnered with the former CEO off the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, Linda Owen. Like James Dondero, Ms.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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The Future of Work Is Not That Far Away

YoungUpstarts

by Cory Treffiletti, Global Head of Marketing, Webex.com at Cisco. Take a look around and unearth these kinds of tools in your current workplace architecture, or find partners, vendors and solutions that can help you push these initiatives forward and integrate them into your business today. I think you’ll agree with the results.

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Bitcoin at $10K – The Beginning

thebarefootvc

True alpha returns have been difficult to achieve in the globally low interest rate environment and softening of many real estate markets, all factors that have been fuel for cryptocurrency market cap growth. For the first time, we have a truly global technology revolution on our hands, fueled by smartphones, sensors and blockchain tech.

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

This year, SmartHealth partnered with Rosalind Franklin University to set plans to build a $50 million, four-story, 100,000 square foot Biotech Innovation Park. Lake County Partners estimates the first phase of the project will create 498 jobs and have an annual economic impact of $117 million.