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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs. 1.68) and the median fund now has distributed 1.27X (vs. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. Based on that metric, the top quartile fund has now distributed 2.03X after 12 years. 2 years ago).

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

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Taking into account the difference in storage costs in 2002, Schippers estimates that Zuckerberg was spending $3,000 per month on hosting for the first year and about $10 million per month by 2006 as the network grew exponentially in that time period. Fifteen years ago, starting a business was primarily a technology problem.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

Compressing 80 years of history into a paragraph, securities regulation here is fundamentally a disclosure-based system. Quoting one commentator, Fortune’s Dan Primack : Remember, this isn’t just limited to Facebook. What’s to stop Hastings from disclosing material information via his Twitter account.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

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Which Investors Are Glad To Pay For Mediocre Performance?

David Teten

Teten : I’m not sure I agree, as inevitably some people will look like geniuses in a random distribution of outcomes. Can you prove that more of these people exist than one would expect from random distribution of outcomes of investing in the public markets? We over-weighted small cap value stocks in 1998-2002.

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Neff Headwear Makes Headway In Fashion And Culture

YoungUpstarts

So Neff started Neff Headwear in 2002, which began as a clothing company selling shirts and hats – he would buy 99-cent headbands and take a paint pen to them, and giving those to friends to help promote the brand. And this despite the company sticking to its core beliefs and keep distribution tight.