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- 1. VC Perspective on Trends in Investing Ethan Kurzweil Bessemer Venture Partners Startup Idol Conference July 23, 2009 Presentation online at: http://www.slideshare.net/ethankurz
- 2. Bessemer Venture PartnersFounded 1911 Israel Boston New York Califonia Mumbai (India) Presentation online at: http://www.slideshare.net/ethankurz
- 3. And so you asked for trends… $100 Trillion Andre Perold Finance Professor Harvard Business School
- 6. Signs of hope in Q2…
- 7. And even better, first-time financings are on the rise
- 8. When Great Companies Were Founded… FORE SYSTEMS 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996
- 9. When Great Companies Were Founded… 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
- 10. What’s hot right now?
- 12. Web Video
- 13. Social Gaming
- 14. Virtualization
- 16. Failure *is* an option... Source: Dow Jones VentureSource
- 17. And here’s why… Bessemer’s Law of Internet Efficiency Web Application Development Cost “The time and money required to produce (design, develop, test, launch, scale) a basic e-commerce application drops in half every two years.” NetScape Apache Java ActiveX Flash Shockwave PHP XML Ruby on Rails service APIs Amazon EC2 AJAX $20,000 $300 1995 19992003 2007
- 18. Twitter
- 19. Piryx
- 21. MashLogic “It’s like a frickin Swiss Army Knife for hyperlinks…I’m putting this on my must-have list of Firefox addons.”
- 22. CAPITAL EFFICIENT What’s hot right now?
- 23. Tip #1: Meet your new sales force…
- 24. Tip #1: Meet your new sales force…
- 25. Tip #2: Get someone else to do it
- 26. Tip #3: Design: less is more…
- 27. Tip #4: Who are your customers?
- 28. Tip #5: Offices are overrated
- 29. If Bessemer won’t invest…