I work for Microsoft. Previously I was a partner at Eagle River, a private equity firm established by Craig McCaw. I am on the board of directors of Kymeta.
"~3,200 private venture-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year, according to data compiled by PitchBook. Those companies had raised $27.2 billion in venture funding. PitchBook said the data was not comprehensive and probably undercounts" @eringriffith story
2/ Again, this report is quite interesting to read and represents a lot of work. What Goldman says about the present and past are the most valuable parts since they are not a forecast. But as for the forecasts, even if they are sort of probability framed, not so much. The past:
tweetstorm this week about the music industry is indistinguishable from his fantastic blog post on bundling. https://t.co/KF8kjFoaGX I love a great blog post like Chris wrote, but people are writing fewer these days. Writing a book is even harder and less rewarding.