Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2012

Since the Internet bubble burst in 2001, the number of IPOs hasn’t recovered to even 1980s levels. For perspective, before 2001 over 40% of all venture capital exits were via initial public offerings. Because golly, when it comes to the IPO market and public market returns in general, help is needed in a big way.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services. annual GMV.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

Jessica has been starting her own Internet businesses and programming since middle school. Peggy Burke is a 30+-year design executive with expertise in creating global brands. Especially difficult were the days after the Internet bubble burst: 2001 was a staggering blow to technology. ” A lightbulb hit, “Aha.”

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

In an interview with ReadWriteWeb, Davidson explains how the latest industry to receive the disruption treatment has been the venture capital business itself, with the epicenter of the quake right around San Francisco. The spread he's talking about is the decimalization of the U.S. Two orders of magnitude.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

I began my career at McKinsey and when the Internet bubble burst in 2001, I made a shift towards online software (ASP at the time). We are a global VC, therefore we’re competing — and at the same time partnering! — with Mobile will drive new use cases. Do you consider yourself as competing with US VCs for SaaS startups?

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2020

It’s immoral because if BDS succeeds, it will hurt billions of people globally who use Israeli technology , including in many cases to save lives. The BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) is a global attempt to persuade people not to do business with Israel or businesses that do business with Israel.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

At the same time, I was beginning to realize that the Internet was fundamentally different from closed, proprietary online services like CompuServe or eWorld. Already, thousands of people had started creating their own globally accessible web pages focused on whatever they wanted. .” You just started building.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. An important message from The Journal. Apple Safari. Google Chrome.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Of course articles like these are going to inflame people because not everybody who is running their own business (or aspires to) wants to believe that you need to go all out to compete and win on a global scale. But … global tech does require an absolute, singular commitment level. We were based in London.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. Jude Children’s Cancer Hospital and the Stanford Medical Center, and teach entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 1990-1998 13.3%

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Happy Look Like an Idiot on the Internet Day. If your desire was to make yourself look like an ignorant internet troll … I believe you have succeeded.

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