TechCrunch ran an article yesterday mourning the fate the tech IPO, pointing to sub-par returns at higher risk unattractive. According to Renaissance Capital, IPO returns across all sectors are down 3%. Over [...]
Nielsen released their quarterly three screen report. They include data from the most recent 3 quarters, but I have gone back to the previous 6 quarters to show longer term [...]
Yesterday’s post drew a fair amount of questions about the decline in the median investment by VCs over time. I’ve put together some more charts to explain the story in [...]
Venture investing shouldn’t be correlated to the public market. Private equity securities are by their nature illiquid; startups take between 5-8 years on average to achieve a liquidity event; venture [...]
There are three big trends impacting carriers over the past several years, highlighted by data from Chetan Sharma’s recent report. They all point to significant shifts in business models for [...]
Mobile commerce is finally poised to achieve the promise so many have imagined for so long. Mary Meeker’s most recent presentation on mobile drew an analogy between the US nascent mobile [...]
The Android market continues to grow, adding thousands of applications per month. Still a fraction of the iPhone store volume, Android is lacking high visibility games in their store. As [...]
Freemium Summit Notes Last week, I attended the Freemium Summit. It was a fascinating event with successful companies sharing insights on functional marketing models. Below are my takeaways. Reflecting on [...]
Some interesting statistics about the local advertising market from a Piper Jaffray report: Local ad market is significant and growing at 5% CAGR Total local spending is about $80B down [...]
