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Paul Graham and The World Out There

This is going to be BIG.

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. My own track record as a VC across First Round Capital and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures actually starts in January of 2010, *after* the Airbnb class of Winter 2009.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Specifically we talked about what single trigger vs. double trigger acceleration works and “termination without ’cause’ &#. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 4/19/2009 – Still an agency.

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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. RSVP: [link] 12PM Networked News Gatherers: Defining the Social Media Editor Role, hosted by Time Inc. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. So which is it? The Suxorz occurs in four rounds.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010.

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AppWorks closes third fund with $150M for Taiwan and Southeast Asia startups

TechCrunch

Founded in 2009, AppWorks started its accelerator program before launching a $11 million debut fund in 2012. Lin said that many of AppWorks accelerator graduates over the past three to five years are from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and, increasingly, Indonesia and the Philippines. for the other funds.

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Taiwan’s funP Innovation raises $3.12m to fuel smart retail, cloud drive into Indonesia

AsiaTechDaily

TenMax, its marketing artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary, has also opened an Indonesian office in 2022(TMI) after successfully working with unicorn Gojek, to develop its one-stop digital advertising solution, Gojek Ads Network (GoGAN).