Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Every early-stage startup should explore this new funding alternative. Business Week ran a more thorough analysis of this movement a while back, which I am summarizing here. Venture capital dispensed quarterly to startups continues to decline, down to about $3 billion in the first quarter, which is the lowest level since 1997.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2010
This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. The mobile world brings enormous business opportunities and changes to business models that were unthinkable when VCs made investments ten years ago that produced the last decade of results. Bottom of the sales funnel.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
investment bankers, while the dot com bubble was driven by investment bankers willing and able to convince institutional and retail investors that companies didn''t need to have a business model or even a way to exist without relying on additional investment. No, the question today is not whether these unicorns are viable businesses.
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 19, 2021
Signing an office lease might not seem like a board-level decision, but with early-stage startups, that lease might very well be a financial liability that significantly exceeds the company’s total cash in the bank. We should focus on this as an advertising business.” Reid, the game is engagement and advertising.
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