Ben's Blog
AUGUST 17, 2020
When Salesforce went public in 2004 as a new kind of CRM provider, its S-1 indicated the CRM applications market was $7B. Ignoring dilution and balance sheet changes, Company Awesome would have made investors ~13x, while Company Good would only have returned ~2x. Not too shabby!
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Now the company wants to allocate some capital off balance sheet to invest into specific startup ideas the CEO, Henry Ward, sees as strategically important. .” What can companies expect apart from funding: Carta Ventures (founded 2012) – Carta recently raised $300 million at a $1.7 “Mature” startup funds.
www.theverge.com
JUNE 20, 2012
Excuse my French, it was a clusterfuck," Elevation Partners Roger McNamee told the audience as they nibbled their kale salads. "It’s There is an immense amount of capital on the balance sheet of big tech companies and not a lot of value to keeping cash," said Gurley. Notice the handwringing, the failure.
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