The Look Ahead: Google Narrows Its Acquisition Focus | paidContent
A great look at how smart acquirers (GOOG) are implementing strategies wherein they continually are adapting and re-inventing through very early-stage acquisitions (cheaper, easier to plug-in) – enabling them to stay ahead of their competition – and test new product/technology areas faster and cheaper. – MD The Look Ahead: Google Narrows Its Acquisition Focus | … Read more
Sign of the Fevered Pitch:Tiger Global invests in Russian travel portal Anywayanyday | VentureBeat
A sure sign it might be time to take some chips off the table: Hedge Funds start to make direct investments into Venture Capital deals based in Russia. MD Tiger Global invests in Russian travel portal Anywayanyday | VentureBeat. Tiger Global Management, a New York private equity firm, has apparently invested approximately $10 million for … Read more
What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? | Both Sides of the Table
What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? | Both Sides of the Table. Yet Another summary of the fundamental changes taking place in Venture Capital that are crucial to understand – all present tremendous opportunities and new realities for all participants. MD
How Lean Startups Are Changing the VC Industry
“An increasing trend is big funds like ours banding with angels and writing small checks just to try and get a foot in the door.” Geoff Yang, Redpoint Ventures, on how lean startups are changing the dynamics of the VC industry. Bloomberg via How Lean Startups Are Changing the VC Industry.
Why Startups Need Capital Discipline – GigaOM
Why Startups Need Capital Discipline – GigaOM. Great Article and dead-on! Since more often than not, a startup’s model and/or product will change from the point of founding and funding, early-stage startups need to have the ability to make informed progress in the face of all challenges. How capital flows into and out of a startup … Read more
What Is Really Happening to the Venture Capital Industry? « abovethecrowd.com
What Is Really Happening to the Venture Capital Industry? « abovethecrowd.com. Bill Gurley from Benchmark wrote and article about the major changes that the Venture Capital industry is going through. Bill’s overall proposition is that a few brilliant (endowments, foundations) investors raised their allocations to alternative assets in the early 90s from low single digits … Read more
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Holy Mackeral….the winds of economic recovery growth are blowing hard….looks like we are about to see the public markets come back to life in some interesting ways… On the heels of the news around so many new acquisitions in primarily the technology sector, its starting to feel like some solid move forward could happen soon
