VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030. Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 11, 2014

Offer portfolios  Many different people like to showcase their work online. Now there are free portfolio tools for almost every type of individual. Once a site is successful in gaining users for their free portfolio tool, you end up having solved your initial supply challenge. Find aggregators. See: Gigwalk.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.) What Do VC’s Do? However, it is far more unpredictable at the individual level.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

These are easy calculations to make with the availability of cheap or even free stock analytics tools available on the web. In the letter, Buffett advised, “Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio’s market value.” He cares about longevity.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. The cost of money is steep, and only works in certain verticals, of which software is NOT one. Add to this that 72.7%

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Post-Mortem Title : Lessons from Kiko, web 2.0 Company: Home Portfolio. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint.

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