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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself.

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

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The seed-stage venture capital firm holds more than $565 million assets under management and investments in over 150 startups. In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006. Freestyle led the seed rounds in Airtable, Patreon, BetterUp, Narvar and Snapdocs.

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Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15 million seed round

TechCrunch

Its seed round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Insignia Venture Partners, Arka Venture Labs, Better Capital and Vietnam Investments Group. Founded earlier this year, Nektar has been working in stealth mode with five companies, and has plans for an early adopter release before a public launch by the end of 2021.

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From Employee to Owner: How I Bought My Business

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For example, you may decide to invest in a franchise and enjoy the benefits that come with being a franchisee in an industry with brand name recognition. In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. I was watching my division, MyCorporation, being negatively affected as less and less was invested in our marketing.

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Analyze All the Things : Data Omniscience with Omni

Tomasz Tunguz

Centralize the data analysis to ensure accuracy or enable end-users to analyze their own data directly which is faster & more direct. In 2004, Tableau emerged from the Stanford campus to deliver their application to the users. Second, because we announced Theory’s $20m investment in the business. How will this happen?

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The Benefits of Patenting: When to Protect Your Inventions and Why

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Despite the process being relatively laborious, if you believe that your company has created a truly unique invention, then it’s definitely worth the investment. An investment for the future. For example, Nicholas Woodman presented his patent in 2004 , to enable people to easily record their exciting life moments.

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When will IPOs return? The past may hold some clues

TechCrunch

That spurred investments in riskier assets. In June 2004, eight months later, Salesforce went public. Loan originators, propelled by cheap credit and lax mortgage policies, enabled the fast growth of subprime loans. Sound familiar? The IPO market stayed shut for about 15 months. The crisis of 2008: The housing bubble pops.

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