VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem. 11) Exit .

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The combination of mobile technology, sensors, robotics, and data analytics will create businesses that can empower billions of people around the world through decentralized and distributed networks where the “middlemen” are no longer required. Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He approached me after I spoke about the potential of bitcoin and blockchain (at Summit Series’ Summit at Sea).

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He approached me after I spoke about the potential of bitcoin and blockchain (at Summit Series’ Summit at Sea).

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thebarefootvc

JULY 30, 2015

He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He approached me after I spoke about the potential of bitcoin and blockchain (at Summit Series’ Summit at Sea).

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Venture Summit Silicon Valley. Others Alon Alroy Bizzabo conference event startup technology United States'

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? TechCrunch.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. For the first time in history there are Israeli companies scaling up successfully as global market leaders, and the ecosystem is evolving to support them. That’s the good news.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.” He then goes on to calculate a global estimate for the historical taxi and limousine market. The global market would obviously be much larger.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. It’s a great business. It still serves just 60 customers per day.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. He explains how the Chinese in general are consumers who are less willing to pay.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER PARTNERSHIP ‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.’ I hear a lot these days about gender imbalance in male dominated industries, Venture Capital being one of them. Geoffrey used to quote William Gibson: “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed”.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. See Also: How to Find an Overseas Manufacturer: A Primer on Global Sourcing.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan. The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation. Understanding the future of entrepreneurship may depend on understanding the contribution each of them made in the past.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In the real world, the montage is where ff Venture Capital and our founders live. trillion global industry, but I find most of the content is, well, misleading. The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires * – explores the development of the personal computer in the United States from WWII to 1995.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

What distribution, are we using gems or are we a web? I start asking a lot of specific questions that help me with that global vague uncertainty, will this work? That if they can’t go get angel funding or venture capital funding, they can’t start a business. Do I need venture capital?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

These standards allowed global collaboration and expanded the boundaries of trade. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others.

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