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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. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post). Founded in December 2006 in San Francisco by Farb Nivi (ex-Princeton Review/Kaplan top instructor). Tags: Start-up Advice.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble. source: Capital IQ. But it will end. The road ahead.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. It is adjacent to Mountain View, home to Google. Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, Juniper and countless others.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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True Ventures – When I was raising capital for my second company back in 2006 I had talked to many brand-name VCs and had several term sheets. I wanted to model myself after Brad Feld and provide advice on dealing with VCs because that is what made me want to work with Brad when I was an entrepreneur. I had run 2 companies.

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Innovation in Sustainability: From Trash to Textiles

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I was intrigued when I learned about a game-changing technology in 2006: the manufacture of fabric from recycled plastic bottles. Read Monique’s advice for other entrepreneurs interested in adopting sustainable practices. . We made it a priority to implement manufacturing processes that are environmentally friendly.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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A Weird and Wacky Approach To Angel Investing

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I had promised myself I would at least enjoy grad school before "officially" jumping back into a startup and so I held off on officially launching HubSpot until the day I had my graduation ceremony (June 9, 2006). Note: this is not investment advice). I then wrote a seed round investment check of $500,000 to HubSpot. Not so fast.