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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

Investor profiles on the platform are created by the investors themselves, and tell you exactly who the group’s leaders are, and what they are looking for. There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Previously posted at Forbes.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. The higher the price, the more investments pour in.

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Are You the Fool at The Table?

Steve Blank

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. What no one tells the Marks is that as they’re buying, the smart money and institutional investors are quietly pulling out and selling their assets.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

I can tell you first hand than bankers are out making road shows to gin up interest in VCs and institutional investors. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” There is a lot of pent-up demand. Seems an obvious fit.

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