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Y Combinator's Startup Math

Y Combinator’s Startup Math

By Chris Yeh on July 10, 2013

Paul Graham has a great essay out in which he explains his view of both Y Combinator and the startup ecosystem.  As usual, it’s a thoughtful essay with a lot of great points.  But what I’d like to focus on are the numbers he provided on YC’s portfolio: “Y Combinator has now funded 564 startups […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged startups, VC, vceconomics, ycombinator

Build a profitable business while spending as little as possible (the lesson of Xobni)

Build a profitable business while spending as little as possible (the lesson of Xobni)

By Chris Yeh on July 9, 2013

It’s not that complicated to build a success startup.  Just build a profitable business while spending as little as possible.  It’s not complicated, but it’s hard. I recently saw the news that Yahoo! had bought Xobni.  Xobni was a noble attempt to tackle the email overload problem (xobni = inbox backwards).  According to the stories […]

Posted in Business | Tagged bootstrapping, VC, vceconomics, venture capital, xobni, yahoo

The Real Odds That Your Startup "Succeeds"

The Real Odds That Your Startup "Succeeds"

By Chris Yeh on June 17, 2013

Henry Blodget is a smart journalist who knows how to drive pageviews.  He certainly got me to click through when he picked the headline, “DEAR ENTREPRENEURS: Here’s How Bad Your Odds Of Success Are” Blodget riffs on a tweet by Paul Graham to estimate the odds of startup success: “Graham says that 37 of the […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged success, vceconomics, ycombinator

Why I hate acquihires (unless I'm doing the selling)

Why I hate acquihires (unless I’m doing the selling)

By Chris Yeh on May 20, 2013

The always insightful Mark Suster recently tackled the subject of acquihires–the practice of large companies buying small startups simply to acquire their people.  Mark lays out an excellent argument for why the acquiring companies are actually losing out when they make acquihires: “You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! for years. You have worked faithfully. […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged acquihire, failure, mergers and acquisitions, VC, vceconomics | 1 Response

VC 2006-11: $136 Billion In, $146 Billion Out

VC 2006-11: $136 Billion In, $146 Billion Out

By Chris Yeh on June 25, 2012

There’s a lot of talk recently about a Kaufmann Foundation report on the venture capital industry that states: Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for 15 years, VC funds have failed to return to investors the significant amounts of cash invested, despite high-profile successes, including Google, […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged ipo, startups, VC, vc funding, vceconomics, venture capital

Yes, There Is A Superangel Conspiracy.

Yes, There Is A Superangel Conspiracy.

By Chris Yeh on September 21, 2010

I have a confession to make. There is an angel conspiracy. It dark, it is devious, and it is far-reaching. The conspirators number amongst them many of the top people in the Valley, including angels, VCs, lawyers, and yes, even journalists. We have joined together despite our differences and conflicts for a single, sinister, self-interested […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged superangel, VC, vceconomics | 1 Response

VCs, Dipshit Companies, And Super Angels

VCs, Dipshit Companies, And Super Angels

By Chris Yeh on August 18, 2010

There’s been a predictable furor over the brewing feud between super angels and VCs, especially with folks like Mike Arrington fueling the fire by quoting a VC as saying, “An entire generation of entrepreneurs are building dipshit companies and hoping that they sell to Google for $25 million.” While I’m sympathetic to both sides (I […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged angelinvesting, vceconomics, venture capital

Is Angel Investing In A Bubble?

Is Angel Investing In A Bubble?

By Chris Yeh on April 29, 2010

I’ve done about 10 angel investments in the past couple of years, and there is definitely a trend towards higher valuations and more competitive deals. The problem is that every investment asset class obeys Newton’s Law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” The logic many follow goes something like this: 1) […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged angelinvesting, Entrepreneurship, startups, vceconomics

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