Reid Hoffman

MARCH 1, 2021

Founded in 2009 by JoeBen Bevert, Joby Aviation has been working under the radar at a base in Santa Cruz, California to develop an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Take a look at this video clip that shows Joby’s aircraft taking off so noiselessly that JoeBen doesn’t even have to raise his voice to compete with it.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

F-117 Nighthawk - 1st Stealth Ground Attack Plane These changes in American defense policy spooked the Soviets. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Global market snapshot The world now has 10 software and cloud giants worth more than $100B, representing $4.1T of market capitalization. The Index added another $0.9T

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences. you can see the video here.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Instead of arguing why Dallas might be better than Houston we should be talking about how we can work together to get our share of venture capital dollars more in line with our population size and startup activity by unlocking additional capital sources that have been previously inaccessible to tech. Department of Defense.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. Known as the “Inventor of the Modern Corporation,” Sloan was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956 when the U.S. If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan. There’s the Alfred P. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Thank you, global meltdown! Reply Steve , on June 15, 2009 at 9:29 am Said: Ouch! I think I just felt something pierce my reality distortion field! Better go spend some “quantity time&# with my family. Great post… Reply Anonymous , on June 15, 2009 at 9:58 am Said: This resonates with me. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc. All have been fascinating. This month’s presentation was truly mind boggling so I wanted to be sure to share the entire presentation with all of you.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

You’ll also find the video recording of the presentation at the end of this article and t he slides are available here. UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. The 2020 Accel Euroscape was unveiled earlier today at SaaStockEMEA.

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Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

Rising inflation and interest rate hikes, growth in debt to GDP ration, the war in the Ukraine (and global instability), increases in prices of energy, changing consumer habits to a post Covid-19, supply chain issues, etc, might be all contributing factors to the stock market (and tech in particular) declines. Multiples by vertical.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 I believe there are a lot more coming (some currently choose to be in stealth) and that we will be seeing tools for automation enter every role in the company (coding, sales, marketing, design, etc) across many verticals.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Fully digital worlds, not unlike what’s seen in video games, that feel like “places you could live and inhabit.” I love landscapes as they help organise the categories needed to define the vertical. The key global trends that are currently shaping the metaverse, blockchain gaming, and NFT space (Source: Newzoo).

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