Overview
Trends in Venture Capital
• Working with the Venture Community
• Maximizing Your Return
• Exciting Areas of Activity

 

 Trends in Venture Capital

• Influx of Capital
• Increasing Concentration
• Huge Number of Opportunities

 

 Impact on Startups -- Positive

• Number of Financings
• Valuations

 

Impact on Startups -- Negative

• Shortening of Attention Span
• Dilution of Effort
• Decreasing Patience
• Flight from Classic Startup Investment

 

 Working with the Venture Community

• Have a Plan for Your Business
• Emphasize the Team
• Seek Wise Counselors
• Avoid Intermediaries

 Working with the Venture Community

• You are Adding a Member to Your Team
• Establish Criteria for Your Venture Partner
• Capital per Partner
• Investments per Partner
• Syndication Philosophy
• Minimum Investment Levels

 

Maximizing Your Return

• Understanding Valuation
  • Relative
  • Based on Stage of Business
• Kickstart the Business
  • Invest in Yourself
  • Partner with Customer

Exciting Areas of Activity

• Using the New Infrastructure
  • Applied Communications
  • Managing the Distributed Architecture
• The Forgotten Industries
• Do Something New