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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period. The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. Bill Draper, the first West Coast venture capitalist, has been more blunt: “[Without it] I never would have gotten into venture capital.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

.; (6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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What’s the Difference Between a Small Business Venture and a Startup?

Up and Running

Startups tend to rely on capital that comes via angel investors or venture capital firms while small business operations may rely on loans and grants. The interesting thing about venture capital is that those providing it tend to have a more active role in whatever company they are backing.

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Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s)

Steve Blank

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why.

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Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years?

Ben's Blog

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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A new dawn for European VC

The Equity Kicker

It’s the biggest European gathering of venture capital fund managers, private equity fund managers and LPs, the institutions that invest in both types of funds. I’ve been going off and on for the last ten years and the good news is that the tide is definitely turning in favour of European venture.