GigaOM (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sequoia Capital, arguably the smartest venture capital investor in business, is sounding the alarm and asking its portfolio companies to buckle down for what could be the worst economic downturn of their relatively short lives. The fund organized a meeting yesterday where it invited entreprenuers/CEOs from its portfolio companies. The attendees were greeted by a [...]
Engadget (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Filed under: Laptops The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in San Francisco next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PST. It's absolutely safe to say they'll be showing off new laptops... and you know we'll be there live! Will this be an unveiling of a whole new form factor? Will this " Brick " mystery be put to bed? Will they come in rainbow colors ? Tune in to...
FoundRead (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
I managed to get hold of the details of the Sequoia's Start-Up Meeting that we reported yesterday. The message wasn't the prettiest, but there is a lot of good advise for all startups to pay attention to. Continue Reading.
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Yesterday Sequoia Capital and Ron Conway communicated with their portfolio companies to guide them through troubled times. Today Benchmark Capital joins the fray, with what a source says is an email from General Partner Bill Gurley to their portfolio companies (See our interview with Gurley and new partner Matt Cohler from earlier this year). Like the advice being given by Conway and Sequoia Capital,...
A VC (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
My partner Albert calculated early last year that it takes about 1/10th the hardware, software, bandwidth, storage, and other expenses to build a web service compared to what it took in the 99/2000 time period. That was just as services...
Profy.Com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sequoia Capital is one of the best-known names when it comes to venture funding of startups in the Silicon Valley so everything the firm does is considered as having strong implications for the entire industry. So it is no wonder that the players in the industry are more than worried today now that Om Malik reports that Sequoia held a meeting for founders of its portfolio companies to talk about the...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Leading Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia held an emergency meeting yesterday to tell its portfolio companies to get ready for the worst, GigaOm is reporting. Many Silicon Valley companies have been wondering how — or if — the larger economic crisis may affect them. This is perhaps the surest sign yet that there’s no “if.” “Things could [...]
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sequoia Capital, arguably Silicon Valley’s most prestigious VC firm (they were the first investors in both Yahoo and Google) called a crisis meeting today of its portfolio companies, preaching that the entire industry is facing an abyss. According to reports of the meeting, first reported by GigaOm, and confirmed by VentureBeat, attendees were greeted by a [...]
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Even the most blissed-out startup entrepreneur has got to have a sense of what's happened to the economy in the past few days -- and what that's going to mean for their business. But just in case they're not getting the picture, some of Silicon Valley's most prominent investors are now shouting from the rooftops. Sequoia Capital, best known during this bubble as the guys who backed YouTube, gathered...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A lot of people have already expressed joy over the confirmation that Apple will be unveiling a bunch of new MacBook laptops at an event Tuesday in San Francisco. But to most people (those not in the tech industry making a relatively high amount of money), Apple computers mean one thing: Expensive. Given the current [...]
Moco News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Now that we are weeks into a financial crisis, not only are the predictions starting to surface on how technology, and specifically wireless will be affected, but actions are starting to be taken. In one of the most alarming examples, GigaOm reports today , that Sequoia Capital, is telling its portfolio companies to buckle down, and illustrated the point by displaying an image of a grave stone with...
Ryan Block (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Next week I’ll be with Josh at Apple’s new laptop event in Cupertino, and I’ll be up front about it: I’m pretty stoked. I’ve been holding off on buying until the next major MacBook or Pro revision — which I thought would come in January at Macworld — but this is clearly it. (Granted, there’s [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Supposed spy photo of Apple Brick via Engadget If you’re a Mac-ophiliac or a gadget lover, you’ve likely heard the rumors circulating about a new manufacturing process Apple is keeping hush-hush. Well, the only thing anyone has right now is rumors and fairy dust, though some interesting conclusions are being drawn about this new process. The Mac Brick Rumor Summed Up Essentially, the “brick” rumor...
broadstuff (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sequoia Capital has called the end of the Good Times in bubbleventuring, as gigaOm notes: They want the companies to cut costs, to figure out way to survive and emerge at the other end of this downturn, which could last years. The speakers went through each functional area of the business and told the companies how to cut costs. By holding this special meeting, Sequoia is telling its companies to put...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Leading Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia held an emergency meeting yesterday to tell its portfolio companies to get ready for the worst, GigaOm is reporting . To drive the point home, startups arriving to the gathering were greeted with a grave stone that said “RIP: Good Times.” Many Silicon Valley companies have been wondering how — or if — the larger economic crisis may affect them. This is perhaps...
Howard Lindzon (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
There is panic people. You can choose to Panic or you can do as I do everyday and repeat after me…’I am TOO small to FAIL!’ Here is Wikipedia on Panic (you can’t trust Wikipedia though according to CalacANUS). Jason would prefer you to be on his closest 7,000 friends email list to [...]
