Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 328

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., They measure their success on metrics that reflect success in execution, and they reward execution. These metrics stack the deck against a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation.).

IRR 335

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

Moreover, VC funds on average earn approximately 2/3 of their revenue from fixed fees. Some big famous old funds share no data whatsoever and are extremely good at eradicating the history of their failures from the internet (leading me to suspect they aren’t doing quite so well as they would like the world to believe).

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. Anything that hints of a down round brings questions about the success metrics that have already been “booked.” LIMITED PARTNERS (LPS).

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40