Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
One of the things I pointed out in my prior post was that even though the 2007 vintage was 10 years old, the vast majority of the value was still unrealized. If we compare the 2007 vintage data today vs. what we looked at 2 years ago, it gives us a sense of how much liquidity that vintage has enjoyed in the last couple years.
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Feld Thoughts
MAY 28, 2015
For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing. Ryan was encouraged to team up with Tim and shortly after that happened we co-led the first round VC financing with Boulder Ventures.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. Have a cushion.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. The deal was done in late 2007.
Cracking the Code
DECEMBER 28, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 2007. (10). ▼ 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Yahoo Finance. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save the planet!
Board Effect
JANUARY 3, 2020
A 2007 National Nonprofit Ethics Survey showed that just over 50% of nonprofit employees had observed at least one act of misconduct within the prior year. Along the same lines, a 2006 Harris Poll showed that a mere 10% of Americans felt that charities behaved honestly and ethically pertaining to their use of donations.
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