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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny.

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MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The Exit Problem.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. There are so many incredible ups and downs in the course of building your own company from the ground up. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't. There is still amazing growth in that sector.

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