YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 25, 2017
Due to lowering capital costs, global competition that spans industries and continents, quicker market validations, and facilitated iteration, the nature of the investment game has changed. As it happens, in the last 30 years, available capital has tripled to stand at roughly 10 times global GDP. Expanding tech talent.
VC Cafe
JULY 21, 2022
billion people globally that play games in 2022. The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% Mobile games earned $41.2bn globally during H1 2022. Where the Internet is headed (Joost van Dreunen). billion in Q2 2022 with over half of total amount raised by early-stage companies.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2011
With more competition in early-stage many VCs are investing smaller amounts at earlier stages. Some are going later stage to not miss out on hot deals. I call this “stage drift.&#. What I’ve started to observe is that we’re certainly headed for a bit of a brick wall for early-stage companies.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
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 Summary: Cheap, mobile, social, global, always-on, one-click-purchase =. We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations).
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 11, 2014
” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This early stage is often called the idea stage, best populated by people who see the need for change early, or always have a vision for unmet opportunities, or a better way to do things. Galvanizing: rally a team and customers for action. Rallying the team also requires that they be rewarded for progress and success.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 29, 2013
A recent interview with Union Square Ventures ’ Albert Wenger reminded me how much things have changed in the past years: I’m less interested in the regional differences than I am in the fact that it’s now possible to build very large, global businesses from anywhere in the world…The Internet is global. Look global and local.
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