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Predictions for 2020 and the decade ahead

Eric Friedman

Looking at the world in 2010 I could see the same question being asked. 8/ Deep Fakes become a huge problem for the 2020 elections. In the interest of also wanting to have a theme of writing more in 2020 I will get this post up and see how I do in 12 months or so. Happy 2020! 10/ Community is a moat.

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The Innovation State of the Union

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It wasn’t like we were packaging software we were producing the highest performing vertical axis wind turbine. In 2010 it was 4%.(1) In 2010 it was 4%.(1) According to the US Bureau of Labor the current requirement for the increase in engineering employment from 2010 to 2020 is 11% with aerospace engineering at 5%.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. PTA Portals.

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The VC Industry Norms Which Changed Over The Past Decade

Haystack

At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. To me, it makes sense, because “tech” is no longer a vertical – it’s seeping into every sector horizontally. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: Cambridge Associates.

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