Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Thank you for the kind introduction. I’d like to start with a request. Now look around.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

With annual healthcare expenditures for conditions that either have an underlying cellular degeneration or damage component, now surpassing $7 trillion globally, Bioquark’s platform makes the company an attractive candidate for high-value strategic transactions and liquidity events for investors. Thanks to Ira S. Pastor, Bioquark Inc

Entrepreneur 73

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 73

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered. Their offices are shuttered, all these facilities are shuttered.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? The venture and private capital ecosystem in Texas has never been as healthy or vibrant as it is today. Texas now has global brand recognition with investors and start-ups alike.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

The later stage guys may see a pickup about the same time as the Series A guys but I suspect it will take longer (like the recovery after the 2000 crash). As I mentioned earlier, these are all private companies so data is hard to come by. What I can tell you is that total private equity assets under management was reported as $2.5

Later Stage 34

Later Stage Early Stage Venture Capital Portfolio 34