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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.
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MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. The Funding Problem.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. It’s not about the financing path, it’s about what you’ve decided to build. Support.com — On 2.5m
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? And so it goes. Back to my non-VC example.
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