Venture capital goes short-term

Posted by amrithk on Sunday January 04, 2009 @11:20PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/technology/start-ups/05venture.html?_r=1

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Re:Venture capital goes short-term by daveambrose on Monday January 05, 2009 @12:49AM (#420056)

"Cisco was founded two weeks before a stock market crash. Oracle was founded during the Reagan recession," Mr. Holland said. "In bad times, that's when the best opportunities come up."

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Re:Venture capital goes short-term by jhancock on Monday January 05, 2009 @02:28AM (#420128)

most successes have a back story. Its my understanding that oracle's first customer was the CIA. It doesn't matter if there is a recession if your client is the government. It probably helps.

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Re:Venture capital goes short-term by Jebdm on Monday January 05, 2009 @01:44AM (#420096)

"'Big-ticket enterprise ideas that take $50 million to $100 million to get to market are going to be few and far between,' said Dana Stalder, a general partner at Matrix Partners."

Is it just me, or did they mislabel the section "Enterprise is Back"?

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Re:Venture capital goes short-term by amrithk on Monday January 05, 2009 @03:14PM (#421018)

I was puzzled by that heading as well.

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