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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me. These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this. Open source became a movement – a mentality.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 46:00 Do you believe that most of the disruption over the last few years has some from Elon Musk and Sebastian Thrun? I remember this lesson well. At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. The ability to interact, transact and disrupt is an order of magnitude greater at broadband speeds than at 56k dial-up modem speeds. THAT is disruption. Money flowing into our industry has also massively downsized.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What areas need to be disrupted? It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. What areas are going to change? Android Backlash.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. But every time I talk with senior executives a the big studios or talent agencies I tell the same story, “You know that your industry is being disrupted.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right.

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