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This Week in Venture Capital ā€“ Episode 2

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I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. M&A Discussion.

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

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But despite my privilege, Iā€™m also confident that my Black heritage made it more difficult for me to raise venture capital. Today ā€” and the data proves this ā€” if you are a white male, you have an unfair advantage when looking to raise venture capital. And really, this was where my race became an obstacle.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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The Big VC Thaw ā€“ 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. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga ā€“ Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didnā€™t say ā€œsocial networking.ā€

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media can build an application and drive 1 million users in just a few months.

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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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The IPO market is healthy again, but M&A still represents 88% of exits: So far this year, there were 503 IPOs and 5,203 deals,ā€ writes Boissevain, founder of Ascento Capital. Startups developing so-called deep tech often find it challenging to raise capital for various reasons. Checkout is the key to frictionless B2B e-commerce.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 2 VC surveys, Teslaā€™s melt up, The Roblox Gambit, more

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Plus, don’t miss our first investor surveys of 2021: one by Lucas Matney on social gaming , and another by Mike Butcher that gathered responses from Portugal-based investors on a wide variety of topics. 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities. Jaime Parodi BardĆ³n, partner, impACT NOW Capital.

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