Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., .” (iii) “Roughly 600,000 new businesses (that employ others) are started each year in the U.S.” . (iv) … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S. Share and Enjoy:

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

So much of the challenge that both entrepreneurs and investors face in earning return on time and capital is driven by the low growth rate of the economy as a whole. annually for the period 1982-1999, has since 2000 slowed to a mere 1.8%. How about China, even with its recent slow-down, still averaging well over 8% growth?

South Korea 87

South Korea Brazil Mexico India 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Ameet was right. I love that.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

We are now well-beyond 13 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading, on an inflation adjusted basis, much lower than they were in July 1999. Remember, from August 1982 to July 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 777 to 11,031, and the NASDAQ from 159 to 2,685.

Brazil 74

Brazil Angel Investor India China 74

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Every investor and entrepreneur knows there is something scary about the current startup economy. More entrepreneurs get to try out their ideas with smaller amounts of capital, but the bar remains the same to get to the bigger rounds. Just as an additional disclosure, these are my thoughts, not that of First Round Capital, my employer.

Angel Investor 104

Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! There are 20x more consumers online.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

The founder of Joyo.com (which eventually became Amazon China ), now CEO of China e-commerce site DHGate , says she’s flooded with correspondence from people telling her how her business helped them break barriers and realize their dreams. Wang believes that having a dream is the number-one prerequisite for being an entrepreneur.

China 60

China North America Entrepreneur Asia 60

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. and Groupon Inc., —has naturally won support from entrepreneurs. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. By aggressively launching a free to use service, Alibaba’s Taobao quickly became the leading person-to-person trading site in China. As you can see, that can be a big mistake.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

My first company was a SaaS software company started in 1999. That world is called China. Even in China. Mark Zuckerberg (despite all criticisms he gets) has proved to be the most nimble and decisive entrepreneur of this generation. And I believe that people over time and given a choice rally around openness.

Web 300

Web HTML AJAX China 300

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Among Microsoft’s 20 worldwide R&D centers, there are only three “strategic centers”: in India, China, and Israel.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. Sixty-three percent of startups currently scaling up are run by Israeli entrepreneurs with prior founding experience. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1% That’s the good news.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

ISRAEL AND CHINA COMMIT TO EXPANDING ECONOMIC COOPERATION. Chen, who headed a trade delegation of 35 Chinese entrepreneurs from 12 of China’s largest companies to Israel, said Chinese enterprises and financial institutions are excited to collaborate with their Israeli counterparts. Israeli exports to China rose 97% to $2.05

Private Equity 90

Private Equity China North America 90

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Does it hurt ‘anti-pattern’ entrepreneurs? Admit you have biases, like we all do, then recognize you need to put steps in place to overcome that – like start an NBA development league in China.” . Next, I would push ‘anti-pattern’ entrepreneurs to remove the convenient (and often true) excuses for not warranting investment.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

A brief entry further down the page from the open source, pseudonymous online journal Zero Hedge (tagline: “On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero”) points out that of the tech companies that went public in often wildly lucrative IPOs in 2013, 73 percent have never turned a profit, compared to 27 percent in 1999.

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

China has already made moves to massively curtain Bitcoin activities so that should be a clue of what is to come. Ask yourself this — how did it go when a bunch of Internet companies when public in 1998–1999 with limited revenues or oversight? You think Turkey is going to be eager to allow the movement of capital it can’t track?

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I met a wealthy investor from China. But the status symbol of this milestone is driving investors, entrepreneurs, the press and everybody into thinking you magically can achieve this status in a matter of a few years with a great team and an astounding idea. It seemed like a message in a bottle opened from a shipwreck in 1999.

Detroit 150

Detroit Government Syndicate Syndication 150