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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tom Tunguz

Jeff Bezos wrote this to start his annual shareholder letter in the year 2000. It’s been a brutal year for many in the capital markets and certainly for Amazon.com shareholders. As of this writing, our shares are down more than 80 percent from when I wrote you last year. But he might have written it today. before falling to $0.298.

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The First 2000 Attendees for SaaStr Europa are Coming From 70+ Countries!

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The post The First 2000 Attendees for SaaStr Europa are Coming From 70+ Countries! New Zealand. Grand Total. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Windows server 2000 sp4 download free

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How Similar is the Fundraising Environment Today to 2000?

Tom Tunguz

In Q2 2015, VC investment totaled $16.7B, about a 66% of the $28B deployed in Q2 2000 according to a new report. However, the number of investments per quarter is about half of 2000. And the trends shows no sign of stopping. And while the market is similar to the dotcom era in some regards, it is substantially different in others.

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Venture Capital, Withering & Dying

Tom Tunguz

So far this year, 29 venture-backed companies have tried initial offerings, compared with 252 in 2000. Most vulnerable are funds that were raised and invested at the height of the bubble, in 1999 and 2000, when 70 percent of all high-technology venture capital for the last two decades was invested. Venture capital funds lost 18.2

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Redpoint: SaaS Companies Are Now Worth Less Than Their Historical Norms

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I like it because it models out two scenarios — one if the current downturn is like 2008, another if it’s like 2000. Redpoint looks at What If this downturn is like 2008, or even 2000. Personally, I see no similarities to 2000, but others do. Personally, I think it this contraction be less severe than either.

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Lessons from Interviews of Pre-Eminent VCs in 2000

Tom Tunguz

In fact, I found only two books: a textbook on private equity and venture capital by HBS professor Joshua Lerner, and an out-of-print collection of 32 VC interviews called “ Done Deals ,” published in September 2000. By my estimates, VCs are investing less than 1 ⁄ 3 of of the roughly $100B deployed in 2000.