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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 Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Appirio, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloudblog, Defrag, Facebook, Longworth, oracle, SaaS, salesforce, salesforce.com, start ups, startups, taschek, vc, VC investment, Vishy, Web/Tech, Weblogs

The VC Shakeout

The VC Shakeout

By Jeff Nolan on June 30, 2010

This piece in HBR is must read, it details why there will be a lot fewer VC funds in the future. The sky is falling on the venture capital rainmakers. Over the past 10 years their quarterly internal rate of return (IRR)—the primary measure of VC success—was dismal, hovering in the single percentage points and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, Harvard Business Review, investment, Market liquidity, Rate of return, vc, vc funding, vc funds, Venture Capital

Launch Silicon Valley: 30 Startups Debut Tomorrow

Launch Silicon Valley: 30 Startups Debut Tomorrow

By Zoli Erdos on June 7, 2010

Somewhat late notice, but there’s an exciting startup debut event in Mountain View tomorrow: Launch: Silicon Valley, co-presented by SVASE, Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, provides the next generation of emerging technology companies with the opportunity to pitch their products to, and network with, an audience of Silicon Valley’s top VCs, Angels, corporate business development […]

Posted in Business | Tagged business events, DealMakerMedia, demo, Entrepreneurship, Garage.com, guy kawasaki, launch silicon valley, microsoft, product showcase, Silicon Valley, social networking, startup pitch, startups, SVASE, Under the Radar, UtR, vc, vc funding, Venture Capital

Congratulations to Mark Suster, No 2. Top-rated VC Partner

Congratulations to Mark Suster, No 2. Top-rated VC Partner

By Zoli Erdos on February 3, 2010

Image by GRP Partners via CrunchBase CloudAve readers know Mark Suster for his popular series on startups, getting funded, generally dealing with VCs but also on strategy, sales, management, presentations ..etc.  In short as the very accessible all-around startup guy.  I first met him as CEO of Koral, a startup later acquired by Salesforce.com. Considering […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Entrepreneurship, grp partners, koral, mark suster, salesforce.com, startups, thefunded, vc, vc funding, Venture Capital

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