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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! There are 20x more consumers online.

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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Summary: Cheap, mobile, social, global, always-on, one-click-purchase =.

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10 Tips On Self-Promotion To Solidify Your Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s pervasive Internet and social networks, people can see how you act outside of work, as well as inside. Your career and leadership value can be greatly enhanced, or greatly hampered, by your participation, or lack of it, in industry forums, the local community, and global issues.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. Eventually it becomes self healing, but I don’t believe consistent growth will happen too quickly. That said, the IMF (international monetary fund) is more bullish.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. Global Demand. A global market enables the company to sell vastly more copies of its software without increasing its production costs.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S.