A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 12, 2020
My partner Albert told me that when you factor in the financing costs of this swap, the average home in the Northeast United States could save $1000 to $2000 a year by doing this swap. It has gotten less expensive to do this swap out as solar and heat pump costs have come down.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 19, 2022
Jeff Bezos wrote this to start his annual shareholder letter in the year 2000. Just as important, though, Amazon managed their finances well. It’s been a brutal year for many in the capital markets and certainly for Amazon.com shareholders. As of this writing, our shares are down more than 80 percent from when I wrote you last year.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. The Funding Problem.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. Companies in developed markets have churned out profits at a historic pace, despite massive economic dislocations like the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000 and the global financial crisis eight years later.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. For some reason most entrepreneurs do. Don’t let that be you. It’s an effen love fest.&#. My story briefly.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
They see it as a source of differentiation for them as a company because their less financed competitors can’t afford it (and often their careers are wrapped up in the multi-millions of dollars they’ve spent implementing it). In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco.
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