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David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
IPO market. There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, SPACs raised $87.9
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Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.
Ben's Blog
MARCH 24, 2011
Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. If publicly traded technology companies are not at bubble-like prices, then private technology valuations aren’t either because they are roughly equivalent.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. Myth #2: All startups are technology companies. Leverage the power of the Internet to reach a global audience.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Here’s my take: 1. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
Yesterday I read No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet. First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) He was built like a tank and was a member of Israel’s Sayeret Matkal. He longed to be at MIT.
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