Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. THAT is disruption.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

How many video companies went through the roof when FB promoted video only to go into a free-fall dive when they don’t promote the app and when core users aren’t addicted to the product. And of course it’s true in personal productivity apps, SMB apps, B2B software and so forth.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

On the infrastructure side, Epic owns ‘Unreal Engine’ the second most popular 3D graphic engine, and creator of MetaHumans, a digital twin rendering software that can be used to create hyper realistic characters to ‘populate’ the Metaverse. Fortnite generated $5.8 In the gaming category Microsoft is a power house.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. In US Social Tends for 2021 , an eMarketer report claims that the all social media in 2021 is pointing to one direction – video. These include consumer trends, gaming, entertainment tech, sports and commerce.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. Add video if delivering electronically (try Animoto ) and keep it under one minute. Not coincidentally, most venture funded companies will also fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. You could just outspend. Tesla is not.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. It has become an established term in the software industry to indicate the short term fixes of quick and dirty coding that can create problems down the road — problems that come knocking at the door to collect with interest.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

A tweet resulted in a thread… Which then resulted in a longer blog post from Jason Rowley on what indie software he pays for. For purposes of definition, I’m using “indie” as (a) not owned by a big tech company and (b) haven’t raised tons of venture capital (to the best of my knowledge).

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Since Sprout’s IPO, according to Midwest+startups , capital invested in the Midwest has doubled, from nearly $10 billion in the twelve trailing months ending June 2019 and Jube 2020 to $20 billion in the year ending June 2021. Growing Venture Capital Activity. billion in venture capital, compared to just $2.7

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The video above is from Megan MacKay.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. EarlyShares is a pretty sophisticated fundraising platform looking to compete with traditional venture capital firms.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. I’m the CEO of Palo Alto Software. A lot of people have asked about the software. Right now Tim just got kicked out here, but hopefully you can hear me.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. But even this is changing.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2016

Word processing software – the market took off in the 1980s and is now in substantial decline due to Google Docs and Evernote. Video cassette recorders took off in the 1980s, were replaced by DVD players in the 2000s, which are now being replaced by streaming services. Other examples I can think of include.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. By Estelle Shumann*.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

There are many analogies here for software development. The labels said he could do live streaming himself but they didn’t want him to stream any music or videos since ustream wasn’t paying them. Reminds me of how the networks today announced they were blocking their video content from being shown on Google TV.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Now with a new infusion of $8 million dollars of venture capital, SuperMac had been resurrected from the dead and was attempting to restart. While I was consulting for them, I got a call from a recruiter for a company called SuperMac, which made add-on products for the Macintosh. The first step was to recruit a new management team.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. My mother kept asking if they were going to make me pay the money back. Would you mind sharing them?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Or would you go to a disruptor in stead?

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. This video explains more.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. Equity investors. Debt investors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Chess Lessons for Startups – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

One is the “denominator problem&# which says that if an LP invests X% (the denominator) into “alternative investments&# such as venture capital and if their total amount available to invest (the numerator) goes down by 30% then the amount they allocate to VC will by definition need to go down by 30% to stay the same percentage.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Fun video – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The full story in the Other section below.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Many startups and businesses dream of landing funding from angel investors and venture capital. However, very few businesses ever acquire venture capital funds. . Unfortunately, these atypical visionaries are unable to connect with people who control capital and investing. Focus on what you know.

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deal architect

JULY 8, 2020

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. I love this video: everything you need to know about online advertising! software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Software 2.0: Explore Venture Capital. at 5:29 PM.

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