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).

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

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MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. They see how hard she does her job.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. That was written in September 2008. You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150