500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

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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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

First, the National Venture Capital Association has published data revealing that over 90% of the jobs created by venture-backed companies occur AFTER they go public—and this relationship holds over the past 40 years.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Last month, Teva Pharmaceuticals , has announced the launch of a corporate venture capital fund. In a recent Business Strategy Review article, London Business School professor Gary Dushnitsky notes that corporations across a wide array of industries are adopting a venturing approach. By Gary Dushnitsky.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Globalization. Smart Mobs.

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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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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Data Says Otherwise.

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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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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

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. I started working with startups and venture capitalists. ” A lightbulb hit, “Aha.” Everything disappeared.

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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. you're selling to a huge consumer marketplace.

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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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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. and the Nasdaq (which includes Apple, Google, Intel and other tech stalwarts) gained 4.2%.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. and the Nasdaq (which includes Apple, Google, Intel and other tech stalwarts) gained 4.2%.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. and the Nasdaq (which includes Apple, Google, Intel and other tech stalwarts) gained 4.2%.

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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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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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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 2001: Decimalization (further loss of economics to provide market support for small companies), by reducing minimum commissions from 12.5 i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. cents or 6.25 cents or 6.25

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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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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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

Already, thousands of people had started creating their own globally accessible web pages focused on whatever they wanted. Then, in 2000, after five crazy years where founders could attract millions in venture capital based on little more than a good URL, the dot-com bubble burst. In this regard, I was extremely fortunate.

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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

A CEO of a company doing expense reports, which cannot get more of a McDonalds overall stamp as far as a general idea, is egotistical enough to spend all his venture capital scouring through resumes to hire coders without.NET backgrounds because.NET is cooking in a McDonald’s kitchen???? So let me get this straight. Michael Chan.

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