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American Entrepreneurship
MAY 12, 2023
Community Crowdfunding Platform brings multiple benefits to Social Gaming Startup Funding strategy plays an important role in how much and how quickly a startup receives funding. In a matter of hours, the gaming startup raised $1 million from retail investors with a minimum investment of $100.
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 28, 2012
Many of the promising marketing and media innovations of the past six years, daily deals, subscription ecommerce, social gaming and social media, have been struggling. I’ve been asked a few times whether there is consumer investment fatigue as a result. But consumer investment will continue.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2010
I heard from one smart source that years ago that Reid Hoffman had predicted the “game-ification&# of most Internet businesses. I’m not arguing that game dynamics in your business solution won’t be important or successful. I get the appeal and importance of this innovation in driving behavior. Fawking badges.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. We had a big discussion about DST and why these investments. uh, hello!
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 11, 2009
My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem. Motorola gave us in the US the RAZR (before they stopped innovating).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.
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