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JUNE 1, 2011
That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. years ago you’d remember RIP Good Times from Sequoia, which still strikes me as having been prudent advice in late 2008. But they weren’t there in 2009 when you were up late nights shitting yourself whether you really were smart for pursuing this idea.
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OCTOBER 1, 2009
In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. Consumer spending will decrease.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.
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OCTOBER 21, 2009
2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) So where are we now? It’s hard to say.
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APRIL 2, 2010
Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.
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MAY 6, 2012
He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009.
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