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. The Funding Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Rather they understood that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. The New Exits. You have to deliver.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

thebarefootvc

APRIL 9, 2018

Others wanted to know whether venture capital was going away. All were too young to have experienced the internet boom of the late 1990s, and I had deja vu listening to them — remembering business school conferences at Kellogg on “Digital Technology” in 1998.

United States 40

United States Venture Capital Government Internet 40

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). What business schools can provide is an opportunity to learn a set of skills that can be helpful on the entrepreneurial journey.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). What business schools can provide is an opportunity to learn a set of skills that can be helpful on the entrepreneurial journey.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 21, 2014

In 1998, Yom Kippur fell on September 30th. But many years later, I began to appreciate that one of our core flaws was our business model. But the downside to our business model was that we did not have hardly any recurring revenue. . 3D printers, with their consumable resins, have a similar business model.

Revenue 54

Revenue Valuation Churn Rate Portfolio 54

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 20, 2004

We did our own analysis of venture-backed software IPOs a couple of years ago (based on SEC filings, etc.) Before that time, the standard rule of thumb was that it took about 5-6 years for a company to reach maturity, profitability, and potentially become an IPO candidate. using pre-bubble data and this is what we found.

IPO 60

IPO SEC Valuation Revenue 60