The influx of cash in technology is largely the result of the low interest-rate environment, Bill Gurley, a partner at venture firm Benchmark, said in a March 12 interview on Bloomberg West. Yields on 10-year Treasuries have hovered below 3 percent since 2011.
“There’s a lot of capital searching for a home,” said Gurley.
“Cash Flood,” indeed. From “BlackRock Backing Hortonworks Shows Startup Megadeal Era,” Bloomberg.
The influx of cash in technology is largely the result of the low interest-rate environment, Bill Gurley, a partner at venture firm Benchmark, said in a March 12 interview on Bloomberg West. Yields on 10-year Treasuries have hovered below 3 percent since 2011.
“There’s a lot of capital searching for a home,” said Gurley.
“Cash Flood,” indeed. From “BlackRock Backing Hortonworks Shows Startup Megadeal Era,” Bloomberg.
Yes. I’d stop. I’d make things for myself, for my friends at home instead. The bar needs to be high. I don’t think that will happen. We are at the beginning of a remarkable time, when a remarkable number of products will be developed. When you think about technology and what it has enabled us to do so far, and what it will enable us to do in future, we’re not even close to any kind of limit. It’s still so, so new.
Jony Ive, when asked by John Arlidge if he would quit if he felt like Apple had lost a step. (via parislemon)
Yes. I’d stop. I’d make things for myself, for my friends at home instead. The bar needs to be high. I don’t think that will happen. We are at the beginning of a remarkable time, when a remarkable number of products will be developed. When you think about technology and what it has enabled us to do so far, and what it will enable us to do in future, we’re not even close to any kind of limit. It’s still so, so new.
Jony Ive, when asked by John Arlidge if he would quit if he felt like Apple had lost a step. (via parislemon)
