Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. The iPhone was released.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.
VC Cafe
JUNE 30, 2022
The key global trends that are currently shaping the metaverse, blockchain gaming, and NFT space (Source: Newzoo). From my vantage point, today’s negative financial sentiment most closely resembles 2008. A persistent, infinitely-scaling virtual space with its own economy and identity system.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.
thebarefootvc
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
The 2008 financial crisis is still being felt in this country. Globally, there are 2.5 Traditional banks are hampering global GDP growth by not providing financial services such as loans to people who can expand their livelihoods through those services. They have had a near monopoly on how people store and spend their money.
Cracking the Code
MAY 15, 2008
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Global warming, by accentuating drought and melting glaciers, will have a key impact on water resources distribution and will increase the unbalance.
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