Amanda Peyton

Recent Activity

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  Amanda commented on the petition | 5 months ago

  Tell Electronic Arts to Oppose Internet Censorship

  SOPA is terrible! Censorship is not the answer.

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  Amanda signed the petition | 5 months ago

  Tell Electronic Arts to Oppose Internet Censorship
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  Amanda signed the petition | 7 months ago

  OSA: I want the concerts to continue at the East River State Park!
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  Amanda commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  WTF Venture Industry? A Friday Rant on Risk

  I think some of it is a knee-jerk reaction: you're XYZ VC - economy turns bad and some of your portfolio companies start folding. Is that going to make you go out and fund a bunch more? Doubtful.
  
  Second, it seems that the ideal end-game for a VC investment is a sweet (and huge) exit. Except that hardly anyone is making acquisitions now - so any investment you make as a VC you'll have to sit on for a while until the exit environment gets better.
  
  This is why I agree it's a great time to bootstrap a startup if you can - by the time you are able to show revenue/customers/etc. the VC/acquisition market will have bounced back (it always does) and you'll be better positioned to get investment.