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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus

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Feel free to open source and use any information you find useful. No doubt it’s a richer presentation with audio and voiceover so I hope that SaaStr is recording and releasing presentations. But for now you can have view the deck I plan to use below (or click to go to SlideShare if you’d like to download it). I welcome any feedback.

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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

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We have decided to “open source” our language in the hopes that other VCs will use this clause and/or improve upon it so that as an industry we can proactively drive the change we want to see rather than just hoping it will happen. We see this as an open source inclusion clause. It is being launched today?—?International

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The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation

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Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#. The series started here if you want to read from the start.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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Also note that AJAX finally took off when Google open-sourced a bunch of its internally built AJAX frameworks. I wouldn’t be surprised if big innovations from Facebook and others in the mobile web eventually see there way into open-source mobile initiatives.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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I highlighted how these tectonic technical shifts have altered the VC industry in this post: How Open-Source & Horizontal Computing Spawned the Micro VC Market. But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. Open source became a movement – a mentality. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.

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Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

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The costs to start are much lower than ever (90% reduction in infrastructure costs to start a company through open source & web services) and large companies being created in many geographies. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Maker Studios, SnapChat, Tinder).