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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

He built & IPOd Demand Media. Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite. It is different.

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[Review] The Good Fail

YoungUpstarts

He’s lost 11 jobs in 12 months, been sued by the attorney general of the state of Washington , and his name and reputation dragged in the mud. It’s enough to make anyone wonder if life is worth living. The introspective book is Latman’s side of the story as to how and why Microworkz failed.

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

Both Sides of the Table

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

I’m just pointing out my gut feel for approximate ranges of deals that I’ve seen with Silicon Valley having the highest valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having valuations in a slightly lower range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don’t have a healthy venture market.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

Many Startups Lack Demand. One feature that is prevalent among many failing (or soon-to-be-failing) startups is an overall lack of demand. There may be a large addressable market, but that market itself is not demanding things like solar power for Porto-Potties or a major societal shift that involves changing the Constitution.

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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category.