Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. Incumbents feel threatened.
WSJ - The Accelerators
JULY 2, 2015
ED ZIMMERMAN : The funnel for venture funding isn’t cylindrical — it’s shape follows a more Darwinian conical path, as many seed stage companies march into the cone’s wide entrance and far fewer make it to the cone’s narrow end.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 24, 2022
Alomar led startups through the dot-com bust of 2000 and the Great Recession of 2008 and will talk about whether investors are still prioritizing growth over profits and how to identify the proof points founding teams must define before their next raise.
Tomasz Tunguz
JANUARY 14, 2016
Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. Inexpensive equity dollars enable capital-intensive companies to amass the warchest necessary to dethrone incumbents. More money raised for less dilution.
TechCrunch
APRIL 3, 2022
It’s another example of an incumbent recognizing that it makes more sense to buy a company that has developed technology that it wants rather than building it out itself – a process that would take far longer and require more resources than a simple acquisition would. “We In Q2 of 2000, that number dipped slightly to 46.
TechCrunch
MAY 19, 2022
The largest incumbent in this space is Elastic, the makers of ElasticSearch, a public company founded in 2012. The launch generated some discussion on Hacker News and Reddit , and quickly built up 2000 stars on GitHub – today the tool is approaching 8,000 stars, a sign that people are liking it. The company announced a $3.6
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 8, 2013
I’ve assembled about 2400 M&A events of venture-backed technology companies since 2000 to compare the fraction of the total consideration which is stock and cash. Most of these questions have to be answered through extensive conversations with suitors. But today, cash is king.
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