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Software is Roadkill

Software is Roadkill

By John Taschek on November 24, 2010

The fastest way to become roadkill to venture capitalists is to become a software company. Software may not be inherently evil (it has created wealth for many people that is in proportion to the pain it has provided to many customers). Software and specifically on-premise enterprise software, however, is clearly…

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged appirio, cloud, cloud computing, cloudblog, defrag, facebook, Longworth, Oracle, saas, salesforce, salesforce.com, software, start ups, startups, VC, vc investment, venture capital, Vishy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 1 Response

The Best VC Pitch Tip That I Stole

The Best VC Pitch Tip That I Stole

By Mark Suster on July 10, 2009

It’s been really fun keeping a blog again.  I haven’t been writing since I sold my company to Salesforce.com. One of the things I’ve enjoyed the most is the conversation that it has created for me.  More people have left comments on the blog, sent me Facebook notes or dropped me emails with either question, […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged Entrepreneurship, startups, vc investment, venture capital | 2 Responses

Is VC too Fat and Happy?

Is VC too Fat and Happy?

By Mark Suster on July 10, 2009

Much criticism has come of our industry in the past few months and in my opinion much of it is deserved (but I’m definitely a believer in the meme that VC isn’t broken but some of the participants are (see here, here and here)). But the VC industry is too fat – a thoughtful piece […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged Entrepreneurship, startups, vc investment, venture capital | 2 Responses

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