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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 Open source became a movement – a mentality.

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

abovethecrowd.com

According to Ferenstein, “AAA estimates that the average cost of car ownership per year is about $9,000.” The fixed costs of this marginal car are very high (DMV registration, insurance, depreciation), yet the usage of that car is much lower. AAA estimates that the average annual cost of owning a car is $9,000.

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Drinking from a Firehose

thebarefootvc

This is an acknowledgement (which has proven out across the world) that bans do not stop crypto activity — that there is a pent up demand for access to financial capital and control over that financial capital. The writer would have probably written a similar piece about the internet in 2000.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

Both Sides of the Table

What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. Evan is artist who is the creative genius who was working with the low-cost film medium in the late 90′s.

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David Norris joins us as Partner

The Equity Kicker

I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). There are few VC firms in the US taking this approach and at Forward Partners we intend to lead with this approach in the UK and reinvent venture capital.

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