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The 1/9/90 Rule of UGC & Why It’s OK to Have Lurkers

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And more embarassingly to me Garindra Prahandono gave me this link to an article written by the guru of web design, Jakob Nielsen about the 1/9/90 rule written back in 2006. Are you going to have the “usual&# 90-9-1 distribution, or the more radical 99-1-0.1 distribution common in some social websites?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post).

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

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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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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

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When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. I had several term sheets and one of the leading term sheets had an option pool of 40% in it.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

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But this isn’t restricted to distributed teams, multi-country environments or even large companies. I had the CEO of a prominent site in 2006 come to me near tears about how she couldn’t take the stress of running her company any more. I don’t understand why she gets all of the best accounts.

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

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. Is that when it became big? Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. was starting.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? What’s the magic formula that helps a city to incubate innovation?