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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One of the things I pointed out in my prior post was that even though the 2007 vintage was 10 years old, the vast majority of the value was still unrealized. If we compare the 2007 vintage data today vs. what we looked at 2 years ago, it gives us a sense of how much liquidity that vintage has enjoyed in the last couple years.

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Will the Apple Vision Pro launch a new era in spatial computing?

VC Cafe

The biggest hardware launch by Apple since the iPhone was introduced in 2007, the Apple Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset and it’s about to send the world into a new era of spatial computing. Take a look at this patent for example that Apple filed back in 2007.

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Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

BeyondVC

Since this is a pretty clear problem, my prediction for 2007 is that online apps get better offline client like functionality. That is why I also see 2007 as the year that offline apps become big as the Apollo platform is released and allows web developers to build an application on one platform that can be deployed cross operating system.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Thursday, December 28, 2006. Being a San Francisco-Menlo Park commuter, I spend an average of 90mn per day on the road. I make the most of this time by listening to my favorite tech and venture podcasts.

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TechStars Data from 2007 to 2009

Feld Thoughts

Four of the first ten companies from the inaugural 2007 class have already achieved positive exits. Some of the pertinent summary data follows: In three years, about $16.5 million in seed-stage funding has been raised. 27 of 39 (~70%) TechStars companies have either raised outside funding after the program or bootstrapped to profitability.

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Your Company Can Either Lead Sustainability Efforts Or Get Out Of The Way

YoungUpstarts

When Netflix began streaming media directly to customers in 2007, it changed the face of home entertainment. by Dan Lauer , founding executive director of UMSL Accelerate. Change is unavoidable in business. When Uber coordinated its first ride in San Francisco in 2010, it changed the transportation game.