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  ounded in 1999 by former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale, The Barksdale Group is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage Internet start ups. Although The Barksdale Group does not typically solicit its clients via the Internet, the company nonetheless recognized that the web was an ideal and essential place to promote its client portfolio and investment expertise.The Barksdale Group engaged me to design and build a sophisticated, compelling corporate website in keeping with the company's identity and position in the venture capital community. Promoting the firm's client roster would be a primary objective of the site, recognizing that scalability would also be key as The Barksdale Group continued to add to its investment portfolio. In addition, the site would need to provide an avenue for entrepreneurs to submit ideas and business plans for consideration by The Barksdale Group. Working with a third-party content manager, I designed and developed the site to meet an aggressive four-week timetable established by the client. The Barksdale Group website was launched in May of 2000; the company disbanded in January of 2002.  |
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