davemc500hats

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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   um, huh? what are you talking about? please cite a link or reference.
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   not sure i understand your concern? the proposal we're working on is a modification to the EB-5 Visa, which currently requires a $1M investment (or a $500K investment in economically targeted area). even with a lower capital rqmt of say $1
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   [sorry, late to the party -- traveling & running several DC events last 24hrs; just jumping in] as a Mint investor, friend of Aaron's, and someone familiar with most of the other Mint investors, i can only summarize my feelings on this
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   Patio11: you are the fucking MAN.
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   appreciate the commentary, however i was really only using the individual market cap example as a way to calculate an estimated value for the overall asset class... in all likelihood, the financial instrument in question would likely be for
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   The 2009 fbFund REV incubator program currently has ~25 startups, and the average funding amount is $25K (note: a few of our startups are non-profits, they do not receive funding). In general, almost all of our startups have already built o
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   we still love ya mike! but we need you to get inside the Plastic Bubble. as in NOW. - dave mc ps - GeeksonaPlane miss u & hope u get back home soon :)
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   by davemc500hats 17y ago

   the "real" content is being made available via Wikipedia platform api... so your point is?
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   by davemc500hats 18y ago

   ++ for Airplane reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xHPU6NulM
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    i've had collectively over 100K views by my presentations online, and ~10K downloads. for me, it's contributed significantly to the work that i do with startups. note that my presos generally contain a lot of images, not ONLY a lot of text
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    yeah, i agree... probably the high point (low point?) of the preso. btw, that came out of a tweet a month back: http://twitter.com/davemcclure/statuses/1201923856
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    if that's a left-handed compliment, i'll take it ;) and i resemble that remark.
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    note: you're not trying to be perfectly accurate, and or flowery. you're trying to communicate plainly, and to keep their attention long enough to get to the next slide / next pitch. thus, sometimes taking a shortcut is imperfect, but usefu
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    Guy's rule works great for the people in the room. However, it actually makes the experience crappy for those who are reading the slides online after, or who don't have access to audio or video. In today's example, there were about 75 peop
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    sorry that should be "over a period of 4 years ('04-'08)"
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    as a "private amateur" angel investor, i put ~$300K into 13 deals over a period of 4 years ('04-'84(, at a median size of around $20K. my largest investment was $100K; my smallest was $5K. most of them were at valuations south of $3M (in
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    congrats Jeff... happy to be in the round :) - dmc
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    yeah, so i get that i'm an acquired taste. maybe i'll tone that down someday, but change isn't easy and it's probably true that i am a bit off my rocker. agreed, Economist is pretty much my favorite print mag. too bad they don't do more r
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    I'm really sorry about my capitalization & font choices. I really had no idea. I mean, i've been writing that way intentionally for about 3-4 years, but now after readig your comments i'm so sorry and I've seen the light. Jesus H Chri
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    by davemc500hats 18y ago

    ++
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    by davemc500hats 19y ago

    at a high-level i agree with the post, however practically speaking, you're overlooking several significant issues: 1) diff between preferred vs common shares 2) liquidation preferences in terms sheets 3) supply/demand for investor capit
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    by davemc500hats 19y ago

    >>"Open _is_ better, because closed just sits there.." um, and wtf is that supposed to mean? better perhaps in the eyes of some geek elite, but not in the eyes of your mainstream users. they have no fucking clue what 'open' means.
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    by davemc500hats 19y ago

    in most places, $5M or more. however in Silicon Valley or New York, probably more like $10-20M. (note: in some beach towns in thailand or se asia, FU money can be had for under $1M... maybe even a few hundred thou). still working on mine, b
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    by davemc500hats 19y ago

    best piece i've read about angel / venture investing in a long time. nice job :) note: i'm one of a small group of ex-geek angel investors out here in silicon valley, altho admittedly i'm small fry compared to most others. i've done 5-6 d