1999 Internet Operations Venture Capital 
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2014
In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We were in the middle of fundraising for Softbank Venture Capital (which became Mobius Venture Capital.) A few weeks later Internet stocks started to fall.
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APRIL 13, 2011
Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.
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OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Thus is venture capital.
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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.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Would they be willing to put a bridge loan in place if need be?
thebarefootvc
AUGUST 13, 2013
Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples. The competitive landscape should be a very comprehensive overview of the market you are operating in – companies that are ancillary to your core business should be included.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2010
In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. But you have to understand how to interpret your numbers.
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