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Shotgun Software Acquired By Autodesk

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Los Angeles-based Shotgun Software , a developer of cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk , the two said Wednesday. Shotgun--which was founded in 2006--was co-founded by Don Parker and Isaac Reuben. READ MORE>>.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. The whole point of Agile Development is to produce shorter, sharper pieces of code completed more quickly where you can get feedback from customers.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Each quarter you should review your model. Do so at your peril.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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There were startups and a software industry but barely. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It was 1991.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. Is that when it became big?

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few.

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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. Trust me, we’re all hurt when bubbles burst.

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