This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 6, 2015
'I''ve known Hunter Walk for almost a decade. He found me through my blog and I didn''t think he was real. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it? Turns out that not only is he real, but he''s one of the most genuine, thoughtful, and egoless people I''ve met in the startup world--a real breath of fresh air. I look forward to connecting with him when he''s in NYC and when I head out his way.
Onevest
APRIL 8, 2015
By Michael Whitehouse You've found that perfect startup opportunity on 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, or somewhere else, decided to invest an amount in the project, and now it's time to help that investment flourish. But just how do you move forward as an investor and maximize your impact on a startup?
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Berkonomics
APRIL 9, 2015
'Reward failure? That may be a difficult concept for an executive. And there are limits of course. We wouldn’t reward a failure to follow laws, or protect lives, or deliberate endangerment of the company or its people. But should we reward a research team that fails for the fourth time to find the solution to a nagging problem – on the way to a new product?
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 8, 2015
See also: Innovator’s Solution for SaaS Startups. There’s a familiar path now to SaaS companies that start in the SMB (small-to-medium business) part of the market. Over time, they seem to inevitably begin serving larger customers. Box, Hubspot, Zendesk and among many others have exhibited this pattern. Why does this happen? I believe we’re seeing Clay Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma at play.
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Don Dodge
APRIL 6, 2015
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Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 9, 2015
In a post earlier this week, Josh Kopelman coined the term Private IPO to describe patterns in the runaway late stage financing market. In addition to the points Josh makes about the dangers of stale valuations, there is another important and related implication for founders. When entrepreneurs pursue a Private IPO as the ultimate round before they go public, they make an implicit bet about the growth rate of their businesses: company revenues will more than double before a public IPO.
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 6, 2015
Yesterday, Redpoint announced something amazing: Andy Rubin, the creator of Android is joining Redpoint. I remember reading about Google’s Android acquisition in 2005 and wondering what would become of the technology; and then later at Google seeing some of the first versions of the G1, the first Android phone. Since then, Android has become a standard, and powers 81% of phone shipped last year.
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 4, 2015
In the Runaway Train of Late Stage Fundraising , I analyzed the growing disparity of the public and private markets. Ten years ago, we saw 2-10x as many IPOs as $40M+ rounds. Today, we see 16x as many $40M+ growth rounds as IPOs. There’s no question that companies are waiting longer to go public, fueled by late stage private investment. I was wondering if as a consequence, we might see bigger IPOs.
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