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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

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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

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter.

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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.&#. Attenti’s two principal investors, Francisco Partners and the Israeli branch of the U.S. Diversified U.S. AOL INC BUYS ISRAEL’S 5MIN MEDIA START UP FOR $65 MLN.

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Which Investors Are Glad To Pay For Mediocre Performance?

David Teten

To quote my Partner John Frankel , traditional money managers are great at managing your money until there is none left. Teten : I’m not sure I agree, as inevitably some people will look like geniuses in a random distribution of outcomes. We over-weighted small cap value stocks in 1998-2002. Chernick: Exactly.

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Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book

Duct Tape Marketing

Um, he and his partner took Red Hat to an IPO early days, and Bob found himself with a lot of time and a lot of money, and a lot of people wanted to hear his story. So when Lulu started in 2002, so about 20 years ago, we just celebrated our 20th anniversary. Most of your listeners probably know what it is.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. Richard De Silva is based in Menlo Park with three other partners, there and 5 partners in Boston. (6:00 – 7:30).

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