recently benchmark capital and sequoia capital advised startups to tighten their belts for the crunch times ahead. theres no safe haven for startups. except to a degree for those which already generate revenue and profit.
companies that have already raised money need to monitor every penny spent from now on. those trying to raise money will have a hard time finding investors if they dont have a re... [Show More]
and while sequoia and other leftcoast vc firms are asking their firms to tighten up and strategically leaking their own advice about surviving the economic downturn nevermind their investments into some ridiculous companies that dont need to survive this anyway our own former investor alan patricof founder and managing director of greycroft partners is asking for some restraint in the doom and glo... [Show More]
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in a sign investors may be warming up again to the residential and commercial photovoltaics market now thatacongress has finally approved the extension of renewable tax credits gaithersburg marylandba sedastanda rd solarahas secured 8.5 million in second round funding from truecast capital and a number of private and institutional investors.
the money will be used to fund the firms expansion ... [Show More]
un financial chills are ill wind for climate the associated pressthe kyoto protocol is structured around investing in projects that clean up pollution often in developing countries. without active financing that could slow dramatically says un negotiator.
what to expect from cleantech in the downturn venturebeatfurther parsing the economic downturn from a startupvc perspectiv e.
biofue ls are... [Show More]
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the oncoming advertising recession looks likely to knock one business media source out early a source has told cityfile new york that condaa nast one of the nationaaas bi... [Show More]
one of theabiggest differences between the dotcom crashaand the current financial crisis is theadata center sectors exposure to venturebacked startup companies.athats not to say that data center and colocation companies havent leased plenty ofaspace to venturebacked companiesaonly that startupsaplay a far smaller role in the overall client mix thanathey did in 2001.
thats a good thing as major sil... [Show More]
it was quite interesting to watch the market swing yesterday. apple aapl took a 20 hit on the market last week when it was expected that consumer spending on bling would be reduced. bling stocks like apple starbucks sbux and other companies representing consumers living the life mentalities tanked with futures projections.
and then yesterday came. duncan riley had an exclusive reporting the immi... [Show More]
here are links to some pieces on the economy ive found most useful over the past few weeks. ive posted many of these on my twitter feed but thought it might also be useful to bundle them into a blog post.
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the globe and mail has an excellent web page that answers readers questions in commonsense terms. for example do the interest rate cuts mean my mortgage rate or credit card interes... [Show More]
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yeah i know its gonna be tough.a and the credit crunch downturn whatchamacallit has already changed the balance of power from entrepreneur to investor in less than a month.a if you are lucky enough to get financing your term sheets are gonna suck ass learn about liquidation preferences pro... [Show More]
buckle up Post Source: www.cincomsmalltalk.com Posted: Oct 10 2008 13:32:50
i think the next little while is going to be a really tough interval for business and a lot of changes no one is thinking about will be rolling down the pike. consider that sequoia presentation i linked to earlier just how many eyeballs are all that matter web 2.0 plays do you think will survive the next year im guessing that a lot of them will go down because they have no revenue model and loans... [Show More]
if you have been peripherally following the iphone app development scene you undoubtedly have heard of mike lee the self described worlds toughest programmer lead developer of tap tap revenge and now the founder of unitedlemur.org an unlikely project that involves iphone gaming a new model for angel capitalism and saving the madagascar lemur.
we havent yet reached out to mr lee but we can report a... [Show More]
die krise wird sich auch auf alle jungen unternehmen im internet auswirken. im silicon valley bereiten sich bereits alle vor. investoren geben gute ratschlge die freilich nicht allen helfen werden. interessant allerdings ist eine powerpoint prsentation die im web kursiert. mit dieser erlutert ein berhmter venturecapitalgeber wie es zum crash gekommen ist. diese ist aufschlussreich. der schluss das... [Show More]
i think both mark zuckerberg and jonathan schwartz could do their respective companies a world of good by watching this presentation. maybe zuckerberg would realize that he needs a business plan now and perhaps schwartz would start to understand just how stupid things like the mysql purchase were....... [Show More]
just a comment i have been posting around the web to those who have jumped ship on web 2.0
im sorry but vcs angels etc. are still going to be hedging their bets on what technology or business model is going to be next whether or not the companies they are looking at have revenue. these vcs are merely telling people to slow their burn rate try and create revenue if possible and just keep things s... [Show More]
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the top financial officials from the major advanced nations are meeting from friday to sunday in washington d.c.
the hope is that they will decide on a major injection of capital into the financial institutions.
the prediction market companies should prepare for the upcoming economic crisis.
the blame game focuses on a... [Show More]
darren vengroff the former amazon.com engineer who resigned from seattle startup pelago earlier this year has reemerged in a new role at san francisco startup richreleva nce.
vengr off who will serve as chief scientist said he plans to open a new seattle office for the company with a handful of engineers. backed with more than 9 million from draper fisher jurvetson greylock partners tugboat ventu... [Show More]
today the hottest topic in the blogosphere is the fact that apple has finally officially stated the date for its next major announcement where the new laptops by apple will be shown to the invited reporters journalists and bloggers. i have decided to summarize everything we already know about the announcement here and some of the most probably rumors to know what to expect and to see how true our ... [Show More]
image by getty images via daylifeseattle startups are having a deep conversation out on the seattle tech startup list tonight as entellium ceo and cfo appeared on court on charges of wire fraud. all the press in town has picked this one up with just about everyone asking the question whatever happened to the independent audit of the company. of course when someone is deliberately hiding the fact t... [Show More]
the wind energy industry perhaps the most mature cleantech sector is truly global in scope. just look at the wind energy news stories coming across the wire today. heres a roundup of recent wind energy plays from all over the world
ethiopia signs 285m deal for huge wind farm the ethiopian electric power corporation eepco signed a 210 million 285 million deal with french wind turbine maker vergnet... [Show More]
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