Comments on: Andreessen-Horowitz Core Principles & 5 Other Things Marc Said http://www.developmentcorporate.com/2009/07/07/andreessen-horowitz-core-principles-5-other-things-marc-said/ Musings of a Reformed Private Equity Operator Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:02:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DevelopmentCorporate » Blog Archive » Why I’d Prefer 1,500 Mid-Market Customers over 25 Fortune 1000 Customers http://www.developmentcorporate.com/2009/07/07/andreessen-horowitz-core-principles-5-other-things-marc-said/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 DevelopmentCorporate » Blog Archive » Why I’d Prefer 1,500 Mid-Market Customers over 25 Fortune 1000 Customers Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:41:18 +0000 http://www.developmentcorporate.com/?p=757#comment-1884 [...] companies only ever succeed in winning a small share of the Global 2000.  As Marc Andreessen recently noted during the launch of his new venture capital firm, Andreessen-Horowitz “The problem is that there aren’t valuable companies being formed. And there never have [...] [...] companies only ever succeed in winning a small share of the Global 2000.  As Marc Andreessen recently noted during the launch of his new venture capital firm, Andreessen-Horowitz “The problem is that there aren’t valuable companies being formed. And there never have [...]

]]> By: DevelopmentCorporate » Blog Archive » Silicon Valley’s Jobless Unplug From Tech aka Where Has All the Innovation Gone? http://www.developmentcorporate.com/2009/07/07/andreessen-horowitz-core-principles-5-other-things-marc-said/comment-page-1/#comment-767 DevelopmentCorporate » Blog Archive » Silicon Valley’s Jobless Unplug From Tech aka Where Has All the Innovation Gone? Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:40:13 +0000 http://www.developmentcorporate.com/?p=757#comment-767 [...] The lack of venture funding may certainly be one contributor to this situation.  As the National Venture Capital Association has reported, venture capital investments have dropped to 1997 levels in the second quarter of 2009.  In Q2 2009 there were 612 deals with a total value of $3,674,427,000.  The same period in 1997 yielded 720 deals valued at $3,593,006,400.  The 2009 numbers are barely 50% of what happened in Q2 2007, the last full quarter before the current recession began kicking in when the VC industry did 1,051 deals valued at $7,376,535,700.  Exits are down dramatically as well.  For all intents and purposes software and SaaS IPOs are non-existent and the M&A market is severely contracted due to the inability for financial sponsors to use debt as part of their acquisition currency.  There were only two software IPOs and 13 ventured backed M&A deals in the second quarter.  Perhaps Marc Andreessen is right.  To quote Marc from the launch of his new venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz: [...] [...] The lack of venture funding may certainly be one contributor to this situation.  As the National Venture Capital Association has reported, venture capital investments have dropped to 1997 levels in the second quarter of 2009.  In Q2 2009 there were 612 deals with a total value of $3,674,427,000.  The same period in 1997 yielded 720 deals valued at $3,593,006,400.  The 2009 numbers are barely 50% of what happened in Q2 2007, the last full quarter before the current recession began kicking in when the VC industry did 1,051 deals valued at $7,376,535,700.  Exits are down dramatically as well.  For all intents and purposes software and SaaS IPOs are non-existent and the M&A market is severely contracted due to the inability for financial sponsors to use debt as part of their acquisition currency.  There were only two software IPOs and 13 ventured backed M&A deals in the second quarter.  Perhaps Marc Andreessen is right.  To quote Marc from the launch of his new venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz: [...]

]]> By: Allen Taylor http://www.developmentcorporate.com/2009/07/07/andreessen-horowitz-core-principles-5-other-things-marc-said/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Allen Taylor Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:15:15 +0000 http://www.developmentcorporate.com/?p=757#comment-678 Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road. Allen Taylor Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

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