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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 Where are we today? Online connections that are 180x faster (10.5

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. This article was originally published on TechCrunch. Why is that?

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

In April 2010 I received an email that said, “I’m an incoming Stanford student in the fall and working on a project that a number of people suggested I get in touch with you about.&#. They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. Ok, I get a lot of these. I was feeling pretty old.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, March 12, 2010. State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2010!

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, January 14, 2010. Happy New Year 2010! Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6).

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Cracking The Code: Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and Cloud Computing business. As we get close to the end of the year, I thought it would be interesting to put together a post on how to approach the 2010 planning.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money.