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Daily Crunch: Investors back away from Dispo

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Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services — The company envisions application developers embedding video in social, gaming or retail applications. Startups, funding and venture capital. Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch. The tech giants.

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

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So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs !

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). The last 12 months has seen the rise of many new trends.

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Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest

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Industry watchers frequently compare the upstart to giants like PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, but founder Binsen Tang comes from a tech background, having funded ELEX Technology, a social gaming company that found success internationally. I don’t think you need to limit advice from people who are “been there, done that.”

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How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole

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I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Congratulations.

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What We Must Learn from Asia

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I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Sales of avatars in social games nearly 50% of total revenue eclipsing revenue from affiliate transaction, ads or paid games (slide 97). Mobile game content revenue > PC game revenue (slide 98).

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Social currency. WoW and social gaming addiction. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. But I loved reading them and so did my team.