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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. 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.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

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.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

Texas 90
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1st Quarter 2014: Best for Investing in 15 Years

Growthink Blog

in the 1st quarter - the largest number of new issuers since 2000 -raising a total of 11.1 Mergers & Acquisitions: Global mergers & acquisition activity totaled $710 billion (Thomson Reuters), up 54% from last year. Private Equity. Venture Capital. They also raised $10.3

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Be Careful What You Wish For…

Pascal's View

Compounding the IPO drought is the fact that the entire NASDAQ market has shrunk—since December 2000 the NASDAQ has contracted by 38% to approximately 1,786 companies. IPOs negatively impacts American entrepreneurs most of all, regardless of whether they have venture capital or private equity backing.

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The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post.

Altgate

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