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Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Edwin Kyalangalilwa — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:15:00 -0000

Good read, thank a lot for the share. They’re doing things like joining with boutique investment banks to craft new sorts of financings, or hooking up with entrepreneurs to buy portions of companies and spinning them out.
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Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Marlena — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:40:54 -0000

You are absolutely right about different thresholds for software vs hardware.

VC's will fund s/w and web services all day even though they are easily copied.
They're scared to death of h/w because you actually have to build something.

You can't get away with the smoke n mirrors or rebranding with hardware.

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Marlena — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:37:14 -0000

VC have never been about creating companies.
They're more about funding their friends and
sucking what revenue they could out of those
innovators who did all the work.

Just like in the Madoff situation, those who were
bilking the system can't do it anymore.

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Crowdfunding — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:59:27 -0000

Maybe the answer is crowdfunding.............

Cheers Crowdfunding

www.twitter.com/crowdfunding

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

LEADSExplorer — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:51:16 -0000

Change is the only constant in life(and business).
VC's need to adapt to the change that has happened.

A difference for money requirements needs to be made between software and hardware companies as also the differences in the market companies address: social website, consumers or businesses.

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Angels Den — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:44:38 -0000

$30m for "open source, viral marketing, cheaper Web infrastructure." - where the heck were people buying this stuff before?

Viral marketing isn't cheap anyway, done properly it can cost a fortune. The only large savings I can see is based on IT, support and systems.

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

GraemeThickins — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:44:19 -0000

This is a great insight for startups, Matt. Thanks
to you and Chris for holding that breakfast.

cheers,
Graeme
www.twitter.com/graemethickins

Re: Venture capitalists worry: Are we stunting companies?

Screen Sleuth — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:26:28 -0000

I think the message is: VCF is wayyy down, and companies will have to really hustle to get anything right now.