Financing Startup Communities (Feb 2024)

Financing Startup Communities (Feb 2024)

@davemcclure

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Financing Startup Communities (Feb 2024)

@davemcclure1 week ago

Financing Startup
Communities #FSC
Dave McClure, PracticalVC.com
@DaveMcClure linkedin.in/davem…

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FSC: Overview & Summary
Goals:
● MVP for building sustainable, profitable startup communities ($5…

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FSC: Mixing VC, RE, Debt to create Gravity, Diversification, Liquidity
● VC: rocket fuel, but blow…

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FSC: (in case i’m boring – here’s the punchline)
● 500 Startups first 3 funds (2010-15, $160M, ~12…

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FSC: Who is this crazy nerd?
Dave McClure
● hillbilly from West Virginia + grew up in Columbia, M…

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FSC: Inspirations, Role Models
● Property Rights, Capitalism, Founders, Startups, Mortgage Finance…

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FSC: Examples of Global / Regional Tech Communities
● Silicon Valley, Sand Hill Rd: Stanford, Trai…

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FSC: Examples of Startup Micro-Communities
Notable Micro-Communities
● Idealab (1996, Pasadena, …

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FSC: My journey from engineer -> founder -> investor
Early Attempts + a few fails (1990-2010)
● c…

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FSC: Case Study: 500 Startups (2010-15)
● 500 Startups / 3 funds
○ $160M, ~1200 pre-seed/seed com…

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FSC: Progression Model for VC-backed Startups

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FSC: Capital Formation (Debt, Commercial / Residential RE)

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FSC: MVP for Financing Startup Communities?
● FoF (“Fund of Funds”), $50-100M budget, 250-500 co’s…

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FSC: Conclusions, Next Steps
● Equity Capital -> Companies
● Companies -> Jobs, Offices, Product …

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