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. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed.
David Teten
MAY 8, 2012
As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
The better way to think about VC returns is, do the firms consistently beat alternative asset clases on an IRR basis to adjust for the increased risk and lack of liquidity? 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 I create videos. You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. hours / day.
Occam's Razor
OCTOBER 14, 2014
Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). I can't think of a better way to identify which content we create (pages, videos, interactive quizzes, comparison charts, op ed articles, flash magic thingies) is adding the most value… Again, same strategy.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 9, 2011
David: I’m also a serial entrepreneur who has founded half a dozen companies, including Angelsoft, which provides the underlying Internet infrastructure for most of the world’s organized angel investing ecosystem. My first Internet venture in the early 1990s took about $20 million in venture capital to get to our product launch.
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