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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. Android Backlash.

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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. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.

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

Both Sides of the Table

why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? 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 “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Finance where needed. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. We need some visibility. Let’s make sure each has enough cash.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. In 2005, it was a risky bet to join Union Square Ventures and plant my VC career here in NYC. You need both.

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” We are here to help early-stage companies finance their assets,” she said. Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO.

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

The UK has had real-time payments since 2005, via the Faster Payments network. Companies like Wise, Modulr, and Form3 have unlocked this capability for fintech and non-finance companies. To do this, it played to its structural strengths: The UK was an early adopter of fintech infrastructure. A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)