Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Why buy me?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But as an LP you can’t count on that any more than VCs can. The goal of an LP is to get into the top decile. When it went to raise its fund 10 years ago the rumor was that many LPs were disappointed with recent returns and did not re-up. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

Sales recorded music sold on a physical transportable device (Tapes, CD’s, LP’s et al) have declined 76.3% since the year 2000. Seems they are closing all the factories down in Allan Town – as 23% have closed down since 2000. Cost of wages in labour intensive industry. Music Stores. in the past 10 years.

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Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

But even Walmart (the epitome of brick and mortar) changes prices on some items daily, based upon sales and competitive intelligence. So why would you not think that internet retailers are interested in maximizing pricing as well? Most people don’t really think of pricing as an elastic thing. An item’s price is the price.

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