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LinkedIn needs to sex up its pitch if they want a Facebook-sized valuation

Jackson West — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00 EDT

LinkedIn's $1 billion valuation certainly seems low only when compared to the stratospheric $15 billion Facebook is worth on paper. One reason why is because, frankly, college kids are sexy — as the VCs in the announcement infomercial prove irrefutably, business professional who use LinkedIn are not. So if you're going to announce a new round of venture capital with a video on YouTube, why not make it a music video? The kids love music videos. Hence, Valleywag presents "The Upside" featuring Jeffrey "Sand Hizzy" Glass, David "D-Cup" Sze, David "Dollar Billz" Cowan and Mark "Make Money" Kvamme over beats from EPMD. Recognize.

Bessemer Ventures partner David Cowan picked...

Megan McCarthy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:39:17 EDT

Bessemer Ventures partner David Cowan picked the wrong week to vacation on Hawaii's Big Island. Yesterday the island, already preparing for the onslaught of Category 4 Hurricane Flossie, was hit with a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. [Who Has Time for This?]

If you want to meet Bessemer Ventures partner...

Megan McCarthy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:22:32 EDT

If you want to meet Bessemer Ventures partner David Cowan — known around here for backing bipolar founders and being friends with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington — you can catch him at Kepler's Bookstore this Saturday at 3pm. He is scheduled to introduce controversial evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins before a book signing. [Who has time for this?]