Despite market turmoil, or maybe because of it, there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. Big investors continue to pour money into venture capital funds, the sauce for money tech...
Curious about how venture capital and private equity buy out firms are structured and make money? his article and the included links provide some interesting information.
PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association posted the 2007 numbers today. Although the numbers have climbed they are still way below the peak of $105 billion in 2000 and...
This will be a big year for us in the exponential economy—will we have a recession? Will oil stay above $100 a barrel? Republican or Democrat? Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox all in one year?...
The Funded is a website that allows entrepreneurs to rate their experiences and interactions with VCs. In general, VCs have been less than enthusiastic about the idea but there is nothing they can...
Peter Thiel one of the founders of PayPal has turned his attention to the Founder's Fund, a VC that seems more entrepreneur oriented than other VCs.
VCs in general are under tremendous...
Excellent article by VC Fred Wilson on why venture
backed companies fail. Some select quotes include:
So why do venture investments fail? Well if I look at the ones I’ve been involved in...
VC Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures discusses his failure rate over 17 years of investments and 32 deals. The summary:
5x or greater – 11 deals – average 10.2x
1x to 5x – 7 deals...
In case you haven't heard of it, TheFunded.com is a site in which entrepreneurs can dish the dirt on the Venture Capitalist they have dealt with. VCs have been running scared since it launched....
If you are looking for VC funding it is very difficult if you don't have a past success to talk about. VCs want to invest in someone who has done it before. This of course, creates a chicken and...
I just saw an article posted on this site that got me thinking. It linked to an article by the Boston Globe entitled Why Facebook Went West. The article made me realize that if Facebook had...
Facebook was started by two Harvard students in Cambridge, MA. Then how the heck did it wind up in Silicon Valley. If East Coast VCs want any piece of the web 2.0 action they need to get going...
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