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- The New York Startup Market Rocks and is REAL - Apr 15, 2011 - 4 comments
- Reflecting on passed investments - Apr 5, 2011 - 5 comments
- Know When to Hold 'em, Know When to Fold 'em - Feb 14, 2011 - 2 comments
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- 2 horse race in mobile – iphone and android - Dec 9, 2010 - 5 comments
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- Don't build an empire overnight – lessons from FreshDirect and Webvan - Oct 7, 2010 - 2 comments
- Scaling your management style - Sep 30, 2010 - 4 comments
- The consumer Internet business is not easy - Sep 28, 2010 - 1 comments
- EMC buys portfolio company Greenplum – more behind the story - Jul 7, 2010 - 8 comments
- 4 Types of CEO Behavior when Dealing with Boards - Apr 30, 2010 - 4 comments
- The Ongoing Data Revolution - Apr 1, 2010 - 1 comments
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- The Gartner Magic Quadrant – a necessary evil in IT - Feb 4, 2010 - 12 comments
- Market positioning for startups – focus, focus, focus - Jan 22, 2010 - 11 comments
- When to ramp sales - Jan 14, 2010 - 1 comments
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- Google acquires portfolio company Gizmo5 - Nov 13, 2009 - 3 comments
- The Googlization of IT - Oct 27, 2009 - 0 comments
- Washers, dryers and secret sauce – why naming your technology is important - Sep 16, 2009 - 4 comments
- Future of television advertising (continued again!) - Aug 5, 2009 - 3 comments
- Lessons from Joost - Jul 1, 2009 - 7 comments
- I want it NOW, I want it REAL TIME - Jun 16, 2009 - 1 comments
- Occam's Razor and the current state of venture - Jun 2, 2009 - 1 comments
- Inspirational video for entrepreneurs - May 12, 2009 - 4 comments
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Ed Sim is founder of BOLDstart Ventures and co-founder of Dawntreader Ventures. Mr. Sim has over 15 years of venture capital experience having led seed and first round investments in a number of high profile Internet and software companies.
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