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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

By Mark Suster on March 2, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. While I’m not an LP, the following post represents my discussions with more than 100 LP firms – specifically ones that do fund […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Andreessen Horowitz, investment, silicon valley, Startup company, startup lessons, venture capital

How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

By Mark Suster on July 8, 2015

If you follow the Twittersphere you may have noticed several people weighing in on this recent piece by Mike Isaac of the NY Times, asking “How Many Angels is Too Many?” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman I […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Pottery Barn Rule, silicon valley, startup lessons

The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns

The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns

By Mark Suster on May 14, 2015

The thing about narratives is that they drive behavior in ways that are more powerful and profound than people readily acknowledge – for good and bad.

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged silicon valley, startup lessons, startup valuation, unicorn

We All Get To Our First 50 Customers Our Own Way.  Then It’s All The Same.

We All Get To Our First 50 Customers Our Own Way. Then It’s All The Same.

By Jason M. Lemkin on April 29, 2015

Recently I was fortunate enough to moderate the founders panel at BoxDev ’15.   We had 5 great founder-CEOs on the panel, all post-Initial Traction (all 50+ employees), but with very diverse backgrounds and stories. Everyone got to $1m in ARR a different way.  Some were first timers,  several were second timers.  I don’t think […]

Posted in Business | Tagged boxdev, case studies, saas, silicon valley

Chasing Unknown Unknown, The Spirit Of Silicon Valley

Chasing Unknown Unknown, The Spirit Of Silicon Valley

By Chirag Mehta on March 17, 2015

A framework that I use to think about problems disruptive technology could help solve is based on what Donald Rumsfeld wrote in his memoir, Known and Unknown: Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Age of Enlightenment, big data, design thinking, innovation, iot, silicon valley

The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

By Mark Suster on November 19, 2014

I was at a dinner recently in Chicago and the table discussion was about building great companies outside of Silicon Valley. Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, facebook, google, Job Growth, los angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, silicon valley, startup lessons, startups, vc funding, venture capital

Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

By Mark Suster on June 10, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. Kudos. The 20-minute video of my presentation is here if you’re interested. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift, who helps […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Collaborative consumption, Entrepreneurship, leweb, london, silicon valley, startups, Tech Market Analysis, vc funding, venture capital

Apprenda Launches Hybrid Cloud Support

Apprenda Launches Hybrid Cloud Support

By Ben Kepes on November 28, 2012

CloudBeat is all about customer case studies and not about vendor announcements, that said I am aware of a couple of announcements coming up today in the PaaS space.

Posted in Platforms | Tagged .NET Framework, apprenda, cloud computing, Microsoft Windows, paas, Paul Miller, platform services, silicon valley

Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

By Mark Suster on August 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks, co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. He says “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that (1) has escaped […]

Posted in Featured Posts, General | Tagged facebook, google, Marc Andreessen, microsoft, paypal, silicon valley, Startup Advice

CloudBeat is back – and the call for papers is open

CloudBeat is back – and the call for papers is open

By Paul Miller on August 14, 2012

Right at the end of November, we’ll once again be doing what we can to assemble a stellar cast of cloud companies and their customers at the Sofitel in Redwood City, just south of San Francisco.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged cloud computing, CloudBeat, cloudbeat2012, redwood city, San Francisco, silicon valley, sofitel, venturebeat

Huddle Picks Up Massive Series C Round

Huddle Picks Up Massive Series C Round

By Ben Kepes on May 24, 2012

Exciting news this morning from Cloud content management and collaboration company Huddle. The UK founded but now US/UK headquartered company is this morning announcing a Series C funding round to the tune of $24M. The round takes Huddle’s funding to $40 million in the five or so years since it was launched. Huddle is an […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged aaron levie, Alastair Mitchell, Andy McLoughlin, dropbox, Huddle, Kia Motors, silicon valley, UK Government

There’s a World Outside the US–Podio Delivers

There’s a World Outside the US–Podio Delivers

By Ben Kepes on February 2, 2012

Living  on the other side of the world from the bay area, it’s sometimes  little frustrating just how inward looking Silicon Valley can be. Sometimes it feels like some technology vendors discount the 5 billion or so people who don’t live in that tiny West Coast sliver. Apart from being an arrogant attitude it’s also […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged android, bric, iOS, Podio, silicon valley

Seattle Startup Weekend -  Some Thoughts

Seattle Startup Weekend – Some Thoughts

By Dan Morrill on November 15, 2011

  It has been over a two years since I went to my last startup weekend here in Seattle, and the sad part is that it really did not leave an impression. You would think that something like this would, but two years ago, it did not. This year however, I was able to go […]

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged google, Marc Nager, seattle, silicon valley, start up, startup weekend, TechStars, Techwag Basics | 2 Responses

Bangalore Embodies The Silicon Valley

Bangalore Embodies The Silicon Valley

By Chirag Mehta on November 1, 2011

I spent a few days in Bangalore this month. This place amazes me every single time I visit it. Many people ask me whether I think Bangalore has potential to be the next Silicon Valley. I believe, it’s a wrong question. There’s some seriously awesome talent in India, especially in Bangalore. Don’t copy the Silicon Valley. […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Bangalore, cloud computing, India, innovation, silicon valley, VC

Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way

Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way

By Mark Suster on October 22, 2011

Today’s post courtesy of the Dave McClure school of vocabulary. About a month ago I was meeting with a seasoned entrepreneur. After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. He was recounting one of his higher […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged 500 Startups, dave mcclure, silicon valley, Startup Advice

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