Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5 million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised).
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.
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Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Unlike the endless stream of predictions that are about to come out, it’s an analysis of the spread between the public market and private company valuations. If you lived through the Internet-bubble between 1999 and 2002 you know this cycle well. Google), regardless of whether they were private or public at the time.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 21, 2011
Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector. Specifically, too much money has gone into VC-backed Internet companies at too high a valuation. question in venture capital. It is intentional.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011). Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector.
Seeing Both Sides
DECEMBER 27, 2013
Aileen Lee''s now-famous unicorn analysis listed 39 companies founded in the last 10 years who had achieved $1 billion plus valuations. I wrote a blog post two and a half years ago in response to cries of a bubble that it felt a lot more like 1996 than 1999 right now. And if you are worried about bubbles right now, don''t.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. 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. There are 20x more consumers online.
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