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by eladgil 16y ago
Series F is often actually a series seed or A stock instrument. I write more about it here: http://blog.eladgil.com/2010/03/vcs-starter-stock-why-how-to...
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How Funding Rounds Differ: Seed, Series A, Series B, and C...(blog.eladgil.com)
49 points by eladgil 16y ago|5 comments
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Good Markets VS Bad Markets(blog.eladgil.com)
7 points by eladgil 16y ago|0 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Oh, good point. BTW, I am not arguing that "older" entrepreneurs can't start huge wins, but rather, the very very big wins are anecdotally started by younger people (for SW, and in particular internet cos). Another analysis I would love to
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Ode to the "Older" Entrepreneur(blog.eladgil.com)
45 points by eladgil 16y ago|12 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Overall I agree with your points - in general people should stay focused on building something useful that people want. I think the macro trends become increasingly important depending on the stage of your company. E.g. Paypal raised $200
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by eladgil 16y ago
Yeah, that is the question - what is the "endgame"? Of the 3 scenarios I outlined, which is most likely?
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by eladgil 16y ago
Yeah, I think that is indeed the case - it is moving into series A territory. Big question is if it will go upstream to series B/C/D where the big $s are ... :)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Totally agree. I address this in the section "Ways this inflationary period (if it exists) is different from 1997-2000". I am sure I missed a bunch of other ways it is different. I think this inflationary period is probably closer to past
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Are We In Inflationary Part of Internet Financing Bubble? 2011 = 1997?(blog.eladgil.com)
72 points by eladgil 16y ago|35 comments
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Should You Raise Money Before You Ship Product?(blog.eladgil.com)
18 points by eladgil 16y ago|0 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
I had two audiences in mind: * General interest. I.e. what are the implications to YC companies themselves? The letter format was intended as a fun way to frame it :) * The YC companies. From talking to a handful of them, I am much less
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Dear YC Company, How To Use Your $150K Uncapped Note To Your Advantage(blog.eladgil.com)
29 points by eladgil 16y ago|5 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Feel free to email me - elad_s at eladgil dot com. I am happy to provide some direct advice or put you in touch with someone who helps with these sorts of things for a living.
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by eladgil 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I will work on it :)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Yup, GroupOn out executed everyone and is winning. But their getting a high profile has also hurt them by creating 1001 competitors.
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by eladgil 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. To be honest I didn't want to name specific markets as I didn't want to create too much interest in areas where friends of mine are working. I didnt want to add attention and make it more crowded. :)
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by eladgil 16y ago
:) Thanks for the points above. "Great market" /= "hot market" Great market to my mind is a market that has a lot of users who will use your product (and better yet, you can make money off of them using your product). Maybe I will write a
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by eladgil 16y ago
I agree re: Facebook and Google. But to your point, both Facebook and Google could have been seen as bad ideas since, as you state: >Both search and social networks were written off as markets when the two current leaders entered the s
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by eladgil 16y ago
More from the same blog post by Fred Wilson on his investments: "Here’s an interesting breakdown of the “transformers” versus the “stick to our plan” investments in my personal track record. Greater than 5x – 11 total investments – 7 transf
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by eladgil 16y ago
Support from Fred Wilson's blog that most of his successful outcomes (success defined as "exit) were pivots: "Of the 26 companies that I consider realized or effectively realized in my personal track record, 17 of them made complete transfo
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You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company(blog.eladgil.com)
105 points by eladgil 16y ago|40 comments
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M&A Ladder: Position Your Startup To Sell it For More(blog.eladgil.com)
57 points by eladgil 16y ago|3 comments
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Hiring Tip: Graph Years of Experience Vs Interview Performance To Spot Outliers(blog.eladgil.com)
11 points by eladgil 16y ago|0 comments
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What will be the big startup & tech trends for 2011?(blog.eladgil.com)
17 points by eladgil 16y ago|0 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
I wonder how many more Oracle will do? They have been consolidating the market pretty heavily. Maybe they will make 1 or 2 really big ones rather then a bunch of smaller ones? Who is left for them to buy?
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by eladgil 16y ago
Oh, thats a good one! Wonder what changed for them?
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Which companies will buy lots of companies in 2011?(blog.eladgil.com)
11 points by eladgil 16y ago|6 comments
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by eladgil 16y ago
Agreed. But would you want to hire a mobile HCI specialist? Or someone who is great at consumer HCI and will apply that understand to mobile within mobile design constraints? My personal bias would be to hire the consumer HCI specialist an
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Financing approaches most likely to kill your company (if already on the edge)(blog.eladgil.com)
10 points by eladgil 16y ago|0 comments

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