Comments on: What the VC Industry Upheaval Means For Startups

By: Celeste LeCompte

Celeste LeCompte — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:32:24 +0000

Charts fixed.

By: jeffriggs1

jeffriggs1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:33:29 +0000

unable to see the charts…

By: Marty Rozmanith

Marty Rozmanith — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:08:34 +0000

VC funded startups have always been a small percentage of new business starts – something less than 1%. At 1,910 deals for the WHOLE YEAR, is the VC industry still relevant at all? Who are they funding? Certainly none of my businesses…

By: AMIR BANIFATEMI

AMIR BANIFATEMI — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:12:31 +0000

There is one factor that may have been included which is the track record of entrepreneurs, sometimes creating strange valuations from the VC community.

Another factor is the market (and investor community) appetite for fast growth. Recent examples (Facebook, iPhone, Twitter, and more to come) leaves the door open for more hope…

Finally, the disturbance in VC industry , beyond the recent economic and market disruption, may provide signs to entrepreneurs that have to ability to adjust, as you pointed out.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:54:08 +0000

Great Catch Derek. Apologies on our oversight.

By: Celeste LeCompte

Celeste LeCompte — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:27:55 +0000

Duly noted and corrected.

By: Derek Kerton

Derek Kerton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:43:39 +0000

From page 3:

“But 2 percent on $100 million fund is $2 million while on a $1 billion fund its $200 million.”

Should read $20M.