Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & IPOd Demand Media. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2017

There was a 33% year-over-year growth in camera unit sales from the recent Thanksgiving to the Cyber Monday period, indicating that consumer demand for GoPro units continues to be strong. Snap Inc’s stock SNAP increased 44% from the initial IPO rate on the first trading day. and $24.48 on the same day. and $24.48 on the same day.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Practitioners sought providers specializing in healthtech who could meet the sudden increase in demand, provide an excellent service, and not blow through a digitization budget that more than likely was non-existent or dramatically scaled-back, pre-pandemic. . It’ll be yesterday’s news after that.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

Some, such as Chinese mobile company Xiaomi, were founded less than five years ago while others such as Good Technology have been around for more than a decade. The how and why are purely a function of Economics 101—supply and demand. Information is more widely available, due to increased connectivity through technology platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. The obvious thing that investors think about is making a financial return on the investment they made in your company.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 21, 2017

There is a whole world of what being enterprise ready from a product perspective looks like, and how SaaS companies can use new technology like Docker to have the best of both worlds, SaaS and on-prem without multiple code bases. The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

From breakthrough online products to new features from established platforms, today’s startups should be jumping on the most promising of tomorrow’s trendy technology. Personalization Technology. Facebook’s IPO was a tell-tale sign that startup valuations are very unpredictable and susceptible to major changes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. then the world will be fine for fund raising.

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View from Seed

MAY 3, 2022

Through our other investments in this category, we at NextView have come to recognize the perhaps counterintuitive insight: the key to recommerce is on the supply side (not the demand side) of these marketplaces. Unlocking inventory of products that could be resold & reused so that they will be resold & reused.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In reading my friend Steve Blank’s arguments, I found the bubble definition quite compelling: “A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin.&#. Next, Mr Blank states, “The LinkedIn IPO valued the company at $8.9

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. Myth #2: All startups are technology companies. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups. Startups play in a bigger field.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Let’s not even get started with “on-demand” or “subscription e-commerce.” Why should a public market downturn determine an investment in a startup that has seven to 10 years to go before it can even think about an IPO? Whatever happened to IoT after Nest? We make investments in years 1–3, we hope to make money back in years 7–10.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. One of them is profitability.

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View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Advances in technology and changing consumer preferences have long been transforming the way food is created, distributed, and consumed. The foodtech space is well-positioned for significant technology-driven growth, with companies in the sector raising $5.3 billion in VC funding in Q1 2020, according to Pitchbook.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. . Technology-centric businesses.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. The public markets for venture-backed technology stocks never really recovered after the collapse of the dot-com boom.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. • How can they find you? In the U.S. This is HARD.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi. We need this dedication now more than ever.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. While most of the major US based exchanges, including Coinbase, only offer major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, the growth of exchanges such as Binance show the demand for smaller altcoins globally.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

While 2017 was truly the “Wild West”, the growth of the sector (and its reluctance to self regulate) has led to the 2018 being the year of reckoning and increased scrutiny… Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. Why prorata rights are now sought out by LPs.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This aggressive ownership target is one reason more and more founders are looking for capital from IT/tech VCs who don’t demand as much equity. Then, the revenue you earn from these partners/customers can cover your operating costs while you develop your own drug to bring to market – which is where the most value is captured in biotech.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this delusion that certification in a computer language or vendor technology (Microsoft etc) equates to mastery of the art of programming itself. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Find someone who is “certified&# in it.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. While most of the major US based exchanges, including Coinbase, only offer major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, the growth of exchanges such as Binance show the demand for smaller altcoins globally.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago. In the 1990s the U.S.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? That demand may actually intensify if the overall market corrects. Well, actually, quite a few tech companies IPO’d in 2018, though many of those are a bit underwater now given December’s public market volatility. When will the music stop?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Richard: We have the largest network of on-demand CPAs in the world, and when you do that you can do a variety of work, get it done relatively quickly and for less money than compared to traditional tax-shops and CPA firms, and you do it virtually. Magazine’ Inc. TSM: How is Taxfyle impacting the world and your clients?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. I asked Jason one important question before he made up his mind: Do you really want to IPO this company?

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Election years tend to be good for technology diffusion. They clearly have user interest, but these companies will have a limited window before later stage investors start demanding to see some proof that these companies can be sustainable over the long run at the kind of prices that were paid. Reader beware.). Open Government.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. There is a lot of pent-up demand. – IPO-able in any normal market.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

By 2011, the number of subscribers worldwide had surpassed 5 Billion and cellular communication had become an unprecedented technological revolution.” ( article via @trengriffin ). I find it surprising that a finance professor like Damodaran did not consider the impact of price on demand. Different Economics.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

During most periods, there has been a supply and demand imbalance that favors the VCs. For these investments to pay off, the investment thesis is based on a strong IPO in the future. But the wrinkle in these momentum investments is that the currently weak IPO market is stretching out time to liquidity more than ever.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

: “Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector. No entity is immune to technology disruption.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 9, 2014

venture capital investing activity, Silicon Valley is the nation’s unrivaled tech early technology investing epicenter. With 41% of all U.S. Like in the Valley, Internet and Mobile-related businesses dominate - with close to 80% of all venture activity being concentrated in these areas.

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