Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). I reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. After a record low of 39 U.S.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. I recently reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. After a record low of 39 U.S.
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JULY 23, 2014
The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.
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OCTOBER 21, 2009
Summary of Montgomery & Co’s views on the road ahead for tech M&A of venture backed companies: (the whole presentation is later in the post, which I suggest you look at because it has insightful data. Where I add commentary from myself or my fellow VC colleagues from our discussion after Jamie left I’ll put in red.
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MARCH 1, 2016
” I suspect that over the next 18 months, they’ll see another phenomenon that they likely haven’t seen since 2008-09: mark-downs of the VCs’ portfolios. Some 75% of LPs polled said they are concerned about investment pace, burn and valuations; for now, only 6% seem “deeply concerned.”
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MAY 25, 2013
2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” In Summary. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 hours / day. Credit cards = less friction = more purchases = cha ching.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2016
There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping. What hogwash.
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