YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

“The six venture capital funds and fund managers selected have an excellent reputation of helping build the companies that they fund, and their successes will further strengthen our tech-startup ecosystem.” “In 2010 I traveled Asia, meeting over 80 startups from a dozen countries.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. Posted by Steve on April 07, 2008 at 12:57 AM | Permalink. Disclosure Policy.

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Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Denis Dougherty of Intersouth Partners was recently interviewed by Brian Gormley of The Wall Street Journal on the decade-long liquidity crisis that continues to plague the venture capital industry. Venture capitalists that have an inventory of acquisition-ready companies will do well.”. I agree with Dennis.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Unfortunately, Mr. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect. First, the venture capital business is contracting severely: From the April 18th, 2009 NVCA/PWC Moneytree report: “Venture capitalists invested just $3.0 ” FULL STOP. billion was invested in 866 deals.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. That being said, blockchain will not solve all of the world’s problems but we believe use cases in supply chain and data governance will be two big areas in the future. Mstate and blockdaemon will be well positioned for this opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those others that have been tried” – Winston Churchill. And there was a great discussion about generational change at Venture Capital firms handled so well by Benchmark & Sequoia and how Fred is thinking about it. Worst system.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2014

We’ve had a very long period of low to no inflation, at least based on the way the government calculates it. While my cynicism around government math and how inflation is calculated is substantial, there isn’t much question that since 2008 capital has been extremely cheap.

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Altgate

JANUARY 2, 2009

It’s times like these that test what you believe in, and I believe in the Business Cycle, Human Creativity, and the stimulative effect of massive Government spending. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Venture Capital and tagged business cycle , startup , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. Current round: $4. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. 1st 2008 = base 100) This number compares to the Nasdaq reaching a low point of -46% and currently showing a -40% drop year to date. Is Government a good idea? Venture Capital. (3).

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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. The median age of a venture-backed company at the time of its IPO has increased from 4.5

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Market Timing Is A Skill Not Luck A-Round Valuations Down 25-50% While B- And C-Rounds Non-Existent → UK Government To Launch VC Fund To Rescue Startups Posted on December 7, 2008 by fnazeeri No, I'm not making this up. 

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. Jon Fisher purposely avoided raising venture capital in his ventures. ► 2008. (14).

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

If you don’t, please educate yourself on this site, Venture Hacks and the term sheet series by Brad Feld/Jason Mendelson, among other places. If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . under $500K).

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Work for a “Recession-Proof&# Company Granted, no company is completely recession-proof, but sectors like health care, pharmaceuticals, defense, government, and consumer staples do well in good or bad times. December 10th, 2008 | Becoming a Better Developer Building your startup? Boring programming jobs? Stable in a recession?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.”

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

This conference is an evolution of the Alternative Investment Roundup that the executives at SSBC designed, developed and ran each February in Arizona from 1997 through 2008. Each year the Arizona event attracted more than 130 Institutional Investors representing over $2 Trillion in investable assets.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. As we pointed out , Reports have shown a consistent increase in crowdfunded investments since the great recession in 2008.

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Up and Running

JUNE 9, 2010

He says: Our sales had grown steadily since 2005; by 2008 we were doing more than $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually — two years ahead of our original plan. Our relationship is governed by a document that formally recognizes the uniqueness of Zappos’s culture and Amazon’s duty to protect it.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

For subsequent ventures, successful entrepreneurs raise venture capital earlier than do first time entrepreneurs. I would have thought the entrepreneurs would have used their own capital to delay dilution. ← Startup Failures On The Rise UK Government To Launch VC Fund To Rescue Startups → Comments are closed.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As our federal and state government continue to worry about job creation, they’re trying their best to promote entrepreneurship. If you have not taken advantage of the tax credit before, you can amend your 2008, 2009 or 2010 tax returns to do so, and New York may issue a refund to you for those prior years.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008. A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. . ▼ 2008. (14).

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. The study notes that in 2010, venture capitalists invested $21.8 And Government Just Gets in the Way. Are Bullish.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. Labels: Andy Grove , economics , venture capital. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? . ► 2008. (14). at 3:51 PM.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Translation: the US government just bailed out the hedge fund industry to the tune of $200 billion! I think it’s time the government stopped picking winners and losers because it’s clear it’s being done based on lobbying dollars spent and not for any rational reasons. It’s a $200 billion program.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 9, 2011

On November 24, 2008 I wrote A Case Study in the Unintended Consequences of Financial Regulation: The Death of the U.S. and invited anyone with constructive, practical ideas on how to revitalize IPO’s in the United States to contact me so that I could pass along their ideas to my colleagues at the National Venture Capital Association.

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs and tagged business , government , greed , wall street. The moral of the story (back then and now) is that capalist greed is the engine that will drive us out of trouble, but that motive must not be left unwatched. Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← An Engineer’s Suggestion For the Stimulus Plan Members of Congress on Twitter → Armageddon Averted? Bookmark the permalink.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 19, 2009

mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">   mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The Q1 2009 venture capital investment statistics. new capital formation from venture-backed companies because capital normally dedicated to long-term risk has been severely drained from our equity markets—both public and private. quarter of 2008.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3). but focus is a good thing. Add RSS feed. SaaS 13 Index*.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. The NVCA has developed research going back forty years showing that over 90% of the job growth created by venture-backed companies occurs AFTER their IPO. i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6

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Pascal's View

MARCH 28, 2009

the announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s extensive regulatory reform plan for the oversight of the capital markets.   On November 28 th , 2008 I posted a warning on this specific issue: A Case. capital markets regulation. and asked how I felt about increased regulation of venture capitalists as part.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. There was a healthy amount of capital ($20-30B annually) invested in VC funds during the 2003-2008 timeframe. 2) Rebirth of Some Firms - Mobius Venture Capital is now defunct.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In fact, much of the groundwork of the NYC tech community''s growth came before the late 2008 economic crash--when the city started paying attention to the tech community as the economic savior poster child. City money didn''t spur on the massive venture capital investments that have been made by the private sector.

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