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		<title>First Round Capital Has The Best Holiday Card</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/first-round-holiday-card.jpg?w=300&h=134" />Earlier this year Old Spice premiered an ad campaign in which their spokesman replied in real time to users Twitter comments.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The partners and portfolio companies from First Round Capital, which has a strong presence in New York, are recreating that act to send out their holiday greetings.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Hello Internet denizens, how are you this joyous holiday time of year," asks Managing Partner Josh Kopelman, who appears wearing a joke muscle suit standing in a coporate office. "Fantastic!"&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.firstround.com/">First Round Capital's holiday card slash Old Spice homage has been blowing up on Twitter all day.&nbsp;</a></p>
<p>"Look at your term sheet, now look at mine." It's VC humor! Suddenly the stage set pulls away and Kopelman is in a closet, plugging on of First Round's startups.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kopelman proceeds to make it rain, with both money and water, before stepping in and out of a magical uber-cab. "Imagine being waited on hand and foot by your very own venture concierge." Ding!</p>
<p>"Imagine all this being built for you by investors who have chainsawed mighty oaks into companies with their bare hands while blindfolded and locked in a straight jacket inside an ancient pirate captain's chest." And breathe.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the crowded VC game, with investors competing hard for the hearts and minds of young web startups, it doesn't get more brilliant than this.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bonus Round - All the First Round portfolio companies send their greetings from inside a shower.&nbsp;</p></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/first-round-holiday-card.jpg?w=300&h=134" />Earlier this year Old Spice premiered an ad campaign in which their spokesman replied in real time to users Twitter comments.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The partners and portfolio companies from First Round Capital, which has a strong presence in New York, are recreating that act to send out their holiday greetings.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Hello Internet denizens, how are you this joyous holiday time of year," asks Managing Partner Josh Kopelman, who appears wearing a joke muscle suit standing in a coporate office. "Fantastic!"&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.firstround.com/">First Round Capital's holiday card slash Old Spice homage has been blowing up on Twitter all day.&nbsp;</a></p>
<p>"Look at your term sheet, now look at mine." It's VC humor! Suddenly the stage set pulls away and Kopelman is in a closet, plugging on of First Round's startups.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kopelman proceeds to make it rain, with both money and water, before stepping in and out of a magical uber-cab. "Imagine being waited on hand and foot by your very own venture concierge." Ding!</p>
<p>"Imagine all this being built for you by investors who have chainsawed mighty oaks into companies with their bare hands while blindfolded and locked in a straight jacket inside an ancient pirate captain's chest." And breathe.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the crowded VC game, with investors competing hard for the hearts and minds of young web startups, it doesn't get more brilliant than this.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bonus Round - All the First Round portfolio companies send their greetings from inside a shower.&nbsp;</p></p>
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