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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

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. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Thank you for the kind introduction. I’d like to start with a request.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. VC will shrink.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

s form of no-holds-barred capitalism, our financial markets were slow to adopt the idea, with the trend really only taking hold during the heady securitization period of the mid-2000’ s. The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions.

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. While the company continues to perform well it has come at a cost. I argued for literally a year to slash burn.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. By Ryan McCarthy | @mccarthyryanj |.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. Seven — On $60m invested, still private, cancelled an IPO. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. Support.com — On 2.5m

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In Venture Capital, Should You Be a Momentum or a Value Investor?

David Teten

LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) In 2000, LPs invested $104b into 638 funds, but by 2003, LPs’ commitment rate had dropped to just $11b into 161 funds. Haghani observed, “Since investors in private companies inherently lack liquidity, the Value model makes far more sense to me in venture capital and private equity.”.