Finance Entry: October 1st 2008 | 2 months 5 days ago
"It is an odd reflection on the priorities of our society," Thiel says, "that we value finance over technological innovation."
Finance Entry: September 29th 2008 | 2 months 7 days ago
Why Venture Firms Tighten the Purse Strings in a Down Market « Five Years Too lateFinance Entry: September 23rd 2008 | 2 months 13 days ago
There is reasonably good evidence that firms are best-served by investing when prices are low and there is less competition for deals. It’s classic contrarianism. Well, aside from the basic truth that most people aren’t contrarians (by the definition of the word), there is another force at play here: When things are good, VC funds invest their funds as quickly as they can and go out and raise another (typically larger) fund. When things slow down, however, venture funds also slow their pace. Why? Because it’s harder for them to raise that next fund. What happens is that we are hit by an indirect consequence of problematic public markets
Finance Entry: August 25th 2008 | 3 months 11 days ago
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