Comments on: Only half of Bubble-era companies out of business http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SonnoProfondo » Blog Archive » Metà bolla è rimasta in piedi http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/comment-page-1/#comment-171473 SonnoProfondo » Blog Archive » Metà bolla è rimasta in piedi Mon, 21 May 2007 13:42:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/#comment-171473 [...] SiliconBeat contesta che questo sarà anche tutto vero in teoria, ma poi nella pratica ? Alcune società probabilmente stanno in piedi solo grazie ai fondi ormai considerati persi di alcuni venture capitalist, o sono state assorbite da altre società per pure ragioni di brand. [...] [...] SiliconBeat contesta che questo sarà anche tutto vero in teoria, ma poi nella pratica ? Alcune società probabilmente stanno in piedi solo grazie ai fondi ormai considerati persi di alcuni venture capitalist, o sono state assorbite da altre società per pure ragioni di brand. [...]

]]> By: links for 2007-05-15 « John’s musing http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/comment-page-1/#comment-148569 links for 2007-05-15 « John’s musing Wed, 16 May 2007 00:11:16 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/#comment-148569 [...] VentureBeat » Only half of Bubble-era companies out of business I’d have been one to put money on most dot-doom companies having gone bust - lends further credence to the Y Combinator et al approach to larger numbers of smaller investments (tags: finance funding investments startups entrepreneurship business) [...] [...] VentureBeat » Only half of Bubble-era companies out of business I’d have been one to put money on most dot-doom companies having gone bust – lends further credence to the Y Combinator et al approach to larger numbers of smaller investments (tags: finance funding investments startups entrepreneurship business) [...]

]]> By: Elliott Dahan http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/comment-page-1/#comment-147603 Elliott Dahan Tue, 15 May 2007 15:46:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/#comment-147603 There must be a combination of a greater number of fundings on the Seed level and implementing a funding system with greater efficiency that either a Charles River "QuickStart", the Angel model, or just a small-sized fund which is still modeled on the VC system. There must also be a change in attitude among Funders - no longer will the pilgrimage to Sand Hill Road where Entrepreneurs genuflect and VCs pontificate work. There must be recognition and support for the infrastructure which already exists. There must be a combination of a greater number of fundings on the Seed level and implementing a funding system with greater efficiency that either a Charles River “QuickStart”, the Angel model, or just a small-sized fund which is still modeled on the VC system.

There must also be a change in attitude among Funders – no longer will the pilgrimage to Sand Hill Road where Entrepreneurs genuflect and VCs pontificate work.

There must be recognition and support for the infrastructure which already exists.

]]> By: Pran Kurup http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/comment-page-1/#comment-145041 Pran Kurup Mon, 14 May 2007 22:17:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/only-half-of-bubble-era-companies-out-of-business/#comment-145041 There are a lot of small bets happening these days particularly in Web 2.0 (alongside the Joost kind of large investments). This wasn't the case in the dotcomm days when most of the investments were pretty substantial. So maybe many are learning from the past, though in a small way! :-) Interesting study, nevertheless. There are a lot of small bets happening these days particularly in Web 2.0 (alongside the Joost kind of large investments). This wasn’t the case in the dotcomm days when most of the investments were pretty substantial. So maybe
many are learning from the past, though in a small way! :-)

Interesting study, nevertheless.

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