October 26, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
The Credit Crisis
The Credit Crisis – the US economy horror picture show View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: economics credit)
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October 22, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Henry Paulson on Charlie Rose
Paulson’s take on where we are: “We’ve taken steps to bring confidence back to the banks, but we will have a number of difficult months ahead of us.”
October 20, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
The proof is in the pudding
The VC internet investments have officially slowed down! This chart shows that they are down 16% in Q3. As stated in hundreds of blog posts, the slow down in the economy will undoubted affect the startup world, but just how much is still unknown. There are many things that startups can focus on in order [...]
October 11, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Leaders, Do Your Job!
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October 10, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
R.I.P Good Times – from Sequoia
This slide show made it’s way around the web very quickly and for good reason. It is shocking but it is a collections of thoughts from some of the best VC in the biz. Business owners and investors alike would be foolish not to head the advice given here. You may have already seen this [...]
At BarCamp Milwaukee last weekend I hosted a session on Startups in the Financial Crisis. It was very well attended and turned out to be an incredibly valuable discussion for a lot of people. (Thanks for all the great feedback!) I wanted to revisit some of the content of that discussion to emphasize what a [...]
October 3, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Startups and the Financial Crisis Slides
Startups And The Financial Crisis View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: barcampmke crisis) Over the last week I’ve been working on slides a pitch for a discussion I’m going to host at BarCampMilwaukee. The discussion is going to be focused on how VC and startups will react and be affected by the recent [...]
October 2, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Must watch Warren Buffett Interview
Link from picture not working : Warren Buffett interview This video of Warren Buffet being interviewed by Charlie Rose is an absolute must watch if you are interested in the financial crisis and it’s affect on the United States. Please watch this and consider what Buffett says about, well, almost everything. I’ve ready many (leather [...]
September 30, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Summary: Financial Crisis effect on VCs and startups
In 2001 the pop of the bubble in Silicon Valley brought Wall St. tumbling down. Will This pop on Wall St return the favor to Silicon Valley? The super investment savvy in NYC and beyond probably have a pretty good take on what the hell is going on with the financial crisis. What’s most interesting [...]
September 28, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Why VC was ready for the Financial Crisis
In an article from PE Week, that many VC’s have discussed recently, the argument was made that the bubble of 01 prepared VC firms to be ready for this type of financial crisis. VC firms don’t seem to be largely affected by the recent financial crisis and many are confused why. A few of the [...]
Posted by Ryan Graves
Quarantine of Bad Assets
This weekend I had a friend who works at JP Morgan explain his take on the bailout and why he thinks its a good idea. I thought his explanation was the best I’d heard so I’ll try and replicate his description here. The major financial institutions in the US have bad assets on their balance [...]
September 24, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Paulson/Bloomberg on Meet The Press
No need to post why I think everyone should watch these interviews…
I started thinking about how the Financial Crisis has got everyone freaking out, often times for good reason. Many have lost significant portions of their net wealth and other have lost college savings funds, etc. But, I have been raised to find the positive in all things, so I did that. In my mind there [...]
