crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
The video above shows Billie Holiday (one of my favorite singers) singing “Strange Fruit”, a song that Time manazine named, in 1999, the “song of the century” The song is a protest against racism. Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? More Vacation is the Secret Sauce – [link].
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e.
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Pascal's View
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. This textbook combines the strength of my Silicon Valley experiences as a venture capitalist and Mannie’s research as a professor, and it will help strengthen Chinese college-education programs in this particular field.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 27, 2014
Recently I’ve been hearing a lot that there is a new bubble in Silicon Valley. Comparing this with the chart below from the 1999 bubble and two things stand out. People are worried that it will burst and we will feel the effects over here. Transaction values and volumes are rising, but not at bubble rates.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 12, 2009
I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. That exodus has already begun, and it is evident in many statistics that testify to America’s slipping global competitiveness since 1999.
The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
At the same time we have seen the start-up ecosystems in New York, London and Berlin emerge as meaningful competitors to Silicon Valley. Those VCs were nearly all situated in Silicon Valley and most companies couldn’t get very far without going to them. It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 11, 2010
The CIC, founded in 1999, is located adjacent to MIT and has more than 100,000 sq ft of space for nearby startups that qualify to be housed there. It’s what Silicon Valley / San Fran entrepreneurs get for free. I’m 100% certain this would benefit our community and not just the entrepreneurs that work there.
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