VC Cafe
JANUARY 24, 2021
billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 ” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. Fortnite alone made $1.8
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Summary: Cheap, mobile, social, global, always-on, one-click-purchase =.
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Haystack
DECEMBER 29, 2018
Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. 1/ Social Network Interference. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem. There are 20x more consumers online.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. That said, the IMF (international monetary fund) is more bullish.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 17, 2013
One company with an astonishingly high rake is recently IPOed Shutterstock, a photo-purchasing marketplace where the content owner receives only 30% of gross receipts. Given Facebook’s position as the leading global social network with high barriers to entry, there was no need to maximize revenue on day one.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] leehower.
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