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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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How to Avoid a Common Product Mistake Many Teams Make

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We built our product at Koral in 2005 with this design philosophy in mind. Do actual usability testing and make sure to include users not from your ordinary circle of friends or similar cohort. What you assumed was “novice functionality” will likely be too hard.

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Beware of Ballers on a Budget

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I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. I was chatting with the finance guy and he was cycling through all the things he wanted to bait-and-switch me to and he asked if I wanted a lease in stead of a purchase. I told him I didn’t because we planned to keep the car for more than 3 years so it was more advantageous to buy.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I first met Ethan in 2005. I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels.

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

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This would inspire him to start GoodBuzz in 2005, a free web-based peer-to-peer referral network that would allow artists, bands, associations, public organizations, event promoters and organizers to help promote each others’ events.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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If a VC fund you’re talking to raised a fund in 2005 or early and hasn’t yet raised a new fund they certainly will be thinking about it and trying to figure out how and when to raise a fund. I know many great funds that haven’t yet raised their new fund but may still get there. GRP’s last fund was in 2000.