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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? Until we weren’t.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still?

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Take Five – Venture

VC Cafe

What’s happening in the venture capital world? The WSJ confirmed what we already know: Q2 venture capital investments declined both in size and in valuation. Venture Capital Feels the Stock Market’s Pain, Wall Street Journal. Declining investment: U.S. VC funds invested about $47.5 Pitchbook.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks. China Venture Capital. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. But everything has intrinsic value.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Zhitao runs Hangzhou Liaison Interactive, which is a Chinese technology-based company founded in July 2002. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks. China Venture Capital. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.