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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. So it’s unsurprising that typical “A rounds&# of venture capital were $5-10 million.

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Forecasting in venture capital

The Equity Kicker

One thing that stands out as a little different for me is that the best investors get behind big themes – e.g. the internet, open source software, SaaS, ecommerce, mobile, marketplaces – which feel a bit like the deterministic theories that super forecasters are sceptical of. This is a good list for VCs too.

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)

Both Sides of the Table

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. I’ll talk about all that in a future post. Mistakes we made?

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

abovethecrowd.com

android ecommerce Internet iphone IPO marketplaces Mobile Payment Regulation Twitter Uber Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Analysis Errors Sharing Economy TAM UberX' The consultant’s prediction, 900,000 subscribers, was less than 1% of the actual figure, 109 Million.

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Drinking from a Firehose

thebarefootvc

Huobi’s venture capital arm also recently funded Terra, a Singapore-based company that is developing stablecoin technology to better allow cryptocurrencies to be used in ecommerce, targeting Asian economies first. The writer would have probably written a similar piece about the internet in 2000.

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The internet deployment phase

The Equity Kicker

New ecommerce models where web retailers focus on providing great search and discovery and drop ship goods direct from manufacturers without taking stock is another good example, as is the whole collaborative commerce industry and the transformation of education by free to use online services.

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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. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

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