Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Rapid technological innovation has altered global business patterns and relationships, and left individual workers, companies, and even entire industries wondering what the future holds for them. Now throw in a global pandemic. But inequitable access to seed-stage capital is a pervasive structural issue.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and the global economy. Than our global competitiveness? As opposed to the government granting a $100 billion annual tax break to homeowners with the mortgage interest deduction, give it instead to the entrepreneurs - who, on average create 4 net new jobs every time they start a new business - and those that invest in them.

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Software Review Technical Review Government Venture Capital 91

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The cover story of the September 7 issue of Business Week reports on the “ Radical Future of R&D “, focusing on the internationalization of research and development led by global corporations such as IBM and Hewlett Packard. Unfortunately, Mr. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 30, 2020

This is why top venture capital firms like Greylock and others are actively investing, especially at the seed and Series A stages. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, which makes people risk even greater than usual. We face a decade of recovery, and entrepreneurship will be needed to lead the way out of this recession.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Individual Investors, NOT Venture Capitalists, are Leading the Charge. So-called “super angels” – wealthy, technology-savvy high net worth individual investors - and NOT traditional venture capitalists, are now the preferred funding source for the most dynamic entrepreneurs in the hottest technology sectors. Here’s why: 1.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 27, 2016

Apple has $160bn of net cash and has paid $153bn to shareholders, for a total of $313bn. US Jon Bradford, founder of Techstars UK, once said to me that corporate innovation budgets dwarf venture capital. That compares with $86.7bn in global venture capital investment in the same year.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

My colleague Paul Bianco serves as interim CFO for a number of ff Venture Capital ’s portfolio companies, and has built and reviewed hundreds of financial models. I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Due to my effort I was featured on Inc, Iheart radio shows, the morning show by global news and many more. That’s when I started looking into other means to make money as a safety net and when I learned about blogging. After 2 years of hardwork I launched Innstal, an app which replaces traditional hard copy manuals and warranties.I

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. Venture Capital. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? The reps’ top 3 priorities should be (i) MRR, (ii) MRR, and (iii) MRR.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 3, 2016

And this “past is past” motif is freeing , especially as we are confronted with the competitive and technological challenges of our modern, global business marketplace. But, last year your revenues only grew 10% and your net margins were very thin. Now let me be crystal clear.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2012

For a sense of the extent of how bad this problem is, a partner I know at a prominent venture capital firm estimates that of the 30+ companies that his firm has invested in, only two have consistently met or exceeded their financial projections. So if they aren’t the problem, is it modern business itself?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. This team is talented.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2013

I’ve long wondered why so many schools support a business plan/VC model through contests and course work when most of their students will never be in the running for venture capital. From Rao, As I am constantly repeating, the capital intensive VC model has worked in Silicon Valley, but seldom outside.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 7, 2015

is poised to be a net oil exporter. companies, aided greatly by an English language and America-dominated Internet, every year become more and more effective in marketing and selling to global customers (while global customers in turn become far more comfortable in purchasing across the wires). Low Interest Rates.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2020

Nic is also the author of one of Europe’s most popular venture capital blogs – www.theequitykicker.com. The industry classic is NPS – the Net Promoter Score; and we encourage all our companies to track that as soon as they can. Let’s start with the obvious question. And what are the metrics for customer love?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2011

For a sense of the extent of how bad this problem is, a partner I know at a prominent venture capital firm estimates that of the 30+ companies that his firm has invested in since 2000, only two of them have consistently met or exceeded their financial projections. So if they aren’t the problem, is it modern business itself?

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Intellectual Property Forecast Venture Capital .Net 79

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To be successful in today’s fast-paced, globalized, digital economy, companies – and the industries around them – you need to be leveraging not just your industry expertise but also groundbreaking technological advancements that enable you to compete within the modern marketplace.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

 “Without startups,” writes Senior Fellow Tim Kane, there would be no net job growth in the US economy.  .  The Kauffman Foundation did a comprehensive study of historical job creation and, not surprisingly, found that small businesses are the main source.  Instead, they require big leadership. 

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

Peggy Burke is a 30+-year design executive with expertise in creating global brands. I had $3,000 in the bank and I was sending my parents money, so there was no support, no safety net at all. I started working with startups and venture capitalists. ” A lightbulb hit, “Aha.” I thought, “I can do this.”

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net. Networks are both safety nets and trampolines. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net. Networks are both safety nets and trampolines. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Think of it as a cross between a landlord, summer camp, and venture-capital firm. Annual global spending on heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems is estimated at $80 billion.). ” —FCC chairman Tom Wheeler on net neutrality regulation.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign?

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2011

I personally believe that one of the major drawbacks to venture capital in Europe is chronic under-financing and people skirt around this issue. Net returns may have been in line as many EU VC's like to argue but the sums going in and coming out paled in comparison to US deals. What does this all boil down to?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. See Also: How to Find an Overseas Manufacturer: A Primer on Global Sourcing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). .

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I run through the math here , with the net result of revenue increasing by 2.4X While longer time horizons - 1, 3, 5 years - are powerful and necessary for more “global” business and strategic planning - for many mission critical projects shorter timeframes can be invigorating and catalytic. via these “cascading” 20% improvements. #4.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign?

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PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Again, the facts show that small growth company IPO’s can grow into global powerhouses– the IPOs of Applied Materials, Adobe , Dell , Intel , Symantec , BMC , Computer Associates , EA , EMC , Fiserv , Intuit , Net App , Oracle , Paychex , Western Digital , Xilinx , and Yahoo! which happen to all be venture?backed

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Delaware IPO Venture Capital Private Equity 37

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 17, 2016

countries participating, and with fans from all of those countries watching , the Olympics are an overwhelming reminder that global business planning and acting is both a blessed opportunity and a competitive necessity. The World is One. With over 10,000 athletes from 200(!) This is an especially important wisdom for smaller U.S.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

The percentage rake is the amount that the marketplace charges as a percentage of GMS (gross merchandise sales), which typically represents net revenues for the marketplace. And if so, is there a risk that a “rake too far” could be a net-negative from a strategic standpoint? Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

or Charles Hudson at Precursor Ventures the moment I started a new business that I felt had global potential. My goal is simply to point out that some of the most prominent myths Silicon Valley and the startup ecosystem have invented to propel the industry to global heights are just that: myths. Most definitely. Not at all?—?although

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund. In 2010, the capital available for investment in first round and follow on rounds now stands on $1.2 as its main investor).

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