Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Main Street Investor, are NOT getting a piece of the next big IPO: The 2 best known venture capital funds –Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins - because of their reputations and massive bankrolls – will continue to get the lion’s share of the deals with rockstar IPO potential.

Private Equity 67

Private Equity Intellectual Property IPO Venture Capital 67

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So it's understanding what constraint is and how to manage that, I suppose was, John (05:27): Yeah, of course, it's so cliche now, but I like to tell even 30 year olds about a dialup internet and things of that nature. The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America.

Framework 67

Framework Cofounder Early Stage IPO 67

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

I I of course, it's so cliche now, but you know, I like to tell even 30 year olds, you know, about uh, dial up, um, internet and, uh, Yeah. The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America. So it's understanding what constraint is and how to manage that, I suppose.

Audio 84

Audio Cofounder Framework Early Stage 84

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Stay local - Prove your business in North America first. Save Asia for post-IPO.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48