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Understanding The Silicon Valley Ecosystem
                                                     Draft 20120903



                            Gary A. Bolles
              Co-founder, eParachute, Inc.
                         A Talk for Auckland University of Technology
   Startups
    ◦ Communications, enterprise applications,
      education+work
   Media                                        Past Clients
    ◦ 6 tech magazines                           HP
                                               Cisco
   Events                                     Nokia
    ◦ Custom & new                             Google
                                           United Nations
   Strategy consulting                London Business School
 How does the ecosystem work?
 How are the people flowing?
 How is the money flowing?
 What’s hot and what’s not?
U.S. Venture Investment Activity 2Q2012
EDUCATION
                                          Mentors
                                         Research/IP
             CAPITAL                Engineering & Science
                                                                ORGANIZATIONS
                 Angels
ECONOMY       Super-Angels
            Small institutionals                                Market
            Large institutionals    ENTRE-                      Buy early
                                                                            Tech Industry
                  Banks            PRENEURSSTART-               Buy later
                                                                            Large acquirers
            Investment banks
                                            UPS                             Employee bases
                                      PRODUCTS


           INFRASTRUCTURE                                         CULTURE
ENVIRON-       Communications                POLICY              Tolerance for failure
                  Transport             Intellectual Property   Reward for innovation
  MENT              Hubs                      Investment             Meritocracy
                  Services                   Immigration
                 Consultants           Mergers & acquisitions
                                           Public markets
EDUCATION
                                          Mentors
                                         Research/IP
             CAPITAL                Engineering & Science
                                                                ORGANIZATIONS
                 Angels
ECONOMY       Super-Angels
            Small institutionals                                Market
            Large institutionals    ENTRE-                      Buy early
                                                                            Tech Industry
                  Banks            PRENEURSSTART-               Buy later
                                                                            Large acquirers
            Investment banks
                                            UPS                             Employee bases
                                      PRODUCTS


           INFRASTRUCTURE                                         CULTURE
ENVIRON-       Communications                POLICY              Tolerance for failure
                  Transport             Intellectual Property   Reward for innovation
  MENT              Hubs                      Investment             Meritocracy
                  Services                   Immigration
                 Consultants           Mergers & acquisitions
                                           Public markets
June 2011
Idea

    Prototype

      MVP

 First Customers

  Initial Growth     What
 Market Viability
                     Money
                    Appears
Breakout Growth     When?
Market Dominance
That Was Then…

                    Friends & Family            Idea

                         Angels               Prototype
This is an over-
 simplification,      Super-Angels              MVP
     but for
  purposes of      Small Institutionals    First Customers
 illustration…
                   Large Institutionals     Initial Growth

                    Mid-stage Capital      Market Viability

                   Later-stage Capital    Breakout Growth

                     Public Markets       Market Dominance
…This Is Now

 Friends & Family           Idea

                          Prototype

      Angels                MVP

   Super-Angels        First Customers

Small Institutionals    Initial Growth

Large Institutionals   Market Viability

 Mid-stage Capital     Breakout Growth

Later-stage Capital Market Dominance

  Public Markets
…This Is Now

 Friends & Family           Idea

   Launchpads             Prototype

      Angels                MVP

   Super-Angels        First Customers

Small Institutionals    Initial Growth

Large Institutionals   Market Viability

 Mid-stage Capital     Breakout Growth

Later-stage Capital Market Dominance

  Public Markets
 Y Combinator
 500 Startups

 TechStars

 AngelPad

 Kicklabs

 Founder Institute

 I/O Ventures

 Plug & Play

 Dogpatch Lab

 The Hub

…and many more
   Low-cost infrastructure
    ◦ Barrier-to-entry nears zero
   Launchpads can be efficient
    ◦ One of the ramifications of “Abundance”
   Social spread fuels adoption
    ◦ Never easier to create a brand more rapidly – or to destroy it
   IPO>M&A>Acqui-Hire
    ◦ Human resource is the scarce commodity

   Pure, large-scale venture model is widely regard as
    broken
    ◦ Too much money chasing too few exits
   Cloud
   Mobile
   Social
   Security
   Big Data
   Quantified Self
   “The lean startup” rules
    •   Agile everything
   The social and business graphs are well-
    established; treat them as infrastructure
    •   LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+
   Market traction resolves risk
    • Established business model in a large market
 What happens if the bar continues to lower?
 What happens if the global economy picks up?

 What happens if the amount of available capital

  increases?
?

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Welcome to the Bubble: Understanding the Silicon Valley Ecosystem

  • 1. Understanding The Silicon Valley Ecosystem Draft 20120903 Gary A. Bolles Co-founder, eParachute, Inc. A Talk for Auckland University of Technology
  • 2. Startups ◦ Communications, enterprise applications, education+work  Media Past Clients ◦ 6 tech magazines HP Cisco  Events Nokia ◦ Custom & new Google United Nations  Strategy consulting London Business School
  • 3.  How does the ecosystem work?  How are the people flowing?  How is the money flowing?  What’s hot and what’s not?
  • 4. U.S. Venture Investment Activity 2Q2012
  • 5. EDUCATION Mentors Research/IP CAPITAL Engineering & Science ORGANIZATIONS Angels ECONOMY Super-Angels Small institutionals Market Large institutionals ENTRE- Buy early Tech Industry Banks PRENEURSSTART- Buy later Large acquirers Investment banks UPS Employee bases PRODUCTS INFRASTRUCTURE CULTURE ENVIRON- Communications POLICY Tolerance for failure Transport Intellectual Property Reward for innovation MENT Hubs Investment Meritocracy Services Immigration Consultants Mergers & acquisitions Public markets
  • 6. EDUCATION Mentors Research/IP CAPITAL Engineering & Science ORGANIZATIONS Angels ECONOMY Super-Angels Small institutionals Market Large institutionals ENTRE- Buy early Tech Industry Banks PRENEURSSTART- Buy later Large acquirers Investment banks UPS Employee bases PRODUCTS INFRASTRUCTURE CULTURE ENVIRON- Communications POLICY Tolerance for failure Transport Intellectual Property Reward for innovation MENT Hubs Investment Meritocracy Services Immigration Consultants Mergers & acquisitions Public markets
  • 8. Idea Prototype MVP First Customers Initial Growth What Market Viability Money Appears Breakout Growth When? Market Dominance
  • 9. That Was Then… Friends & Family Idea Angels Prototype This is an over- simplification, Super-Angels MVP but for purposes of Small Institutionals First Customers illustration… Large Institutionals Initial Growth Mid-stage Capital Market Viability Later-stage Capital Breakout Growth Public Markets Market Dominance
  • 10. …This Is Now Friends & Family Idea Prototype Angels MVP Super-Angels First Customers Small Institutionals Initial Growth Large Institutionals Market Viability Mid-stage Capital Breakout Growth Later-stage Capital Market Dominance Public Markets
  • 11. …This Is Now Friends & Family Idea Launchpads Prototype Angels MVP Super-Angels First Customers Small Institutionals Initial Growth Large Institutionals Market Viability Mid-stage Capital Breakout Growth Later-stage Capital Market Dominance Public Markets
  • 12.  Y Combinator  500 Startups  TechStars  AngelPad  Kicklabs  Founder Institute  I/O Ventures  Plug & Play  Dogpatch Lab  The Hub …and many more
  • 13. Low-cost infrastructure ◦ Barrier-to-entry nears zero  Launchpads can be efficient ◦ One of the ramifications of “Abundance”  Social spread fuels adoption ◦ Never easier to create a brand more rapidly – or to destroy it  IPO>M&A>Acqui-Hire ◦ Human resource is the scarce commodity  Pure, large-scale venture model is widely regard as broken ◦ Too much money chasing too few exits
  • 14. Cloud  Mobile  Social  Security  Big Data  Quantified Self
  • 15. “The lean startup” rules • Agile everything  The social and business graphs are well- established; treat them as infrastructure • LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+  Market traction resolves risk • Established business model in a large market
  • 16.  What happens if the bar continues to lower?  What happens if the global economy picks up?  What happens if the amount of available capital increases?
  • 17. ?

Notas del editor

  1. http://genelu.com/2011/06/beware-of-infauxgraphics/