Startup.Synergy: a new addition, a new orientation

Startup.Synergy: a new addition, a new orientation -

As we move quickly to Citrix Synergy, I thought a little background about his new startup component can be in order, and even a bit more the context of what we do at startup and Citrix Accelerator.

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If you're not familiar with Paul Graham (PG), he is the co-founder of the seed stage investment company Y -Combinator (YC). YC brought you hits like Airbnb, Xobni, and yes, Dropbox.

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"The combined value of the 21 largest companies is $ 4.7 billion. What I admit surprised me. $ 4.7 billion / 210 = $ 22.4 million, so that the average value of the startups we've funded is approximately $ 22.4 million. "(This was in June 2011)

What more could you ask does this guy have in Mountain view to Citrix? I would say a lot. the question is really what Graham has to do with the landscape of technology in large, growth trends we see in startups at an early stage, and the world almost everyone reading this lives.

My answer is that it takes less and less to do much more in terms of construction material technologies. No less in terms of IQ necessarily, or greater ambition around a point of pain or passion, but less in terms of capital and time. With the right skills and guidance, the billions of dollars companies are being born faster and faster.

This is why PG and YC question that conversation. They were instrumental first-movers for the first startups of the scene, but it is a developing trend, and we have seen the beginning. Citrix Startup Accelerator resumes on where investors like YC leave off for specific start-up in our investment objective. We fill their A-series or faster acquisition. Our offer to do it is $ 250K, an office in Silicon Valley, and helps validate the corporate clients.

Startup.Synergy May 9 ^e brings our role in the investment house of the landscape. It tells our story in concept, through our portfolio companies, other investors with whom we work, and the first of our next series of investments.

The discussions around this make me want to do more with my life. And that's the point. We in Silicon Valley live in a magical place, but soon enough I'll take it elsewhere. As are many. The walls are crumbling, the code becomes more intuitive, easy deployment across (AWS thank you). In the next 2-10 years we will see the earthquake and shape of the clouds, 'From Silicon Valley to the clouds covered continents. " That's what I named our investment panel, and the implications behind it, and a constant mobile connectivity will change our world. Here is what is Startup.Synergy snapshots, and this is why I entered the Citrix Startup Accelerator. If this position resonates with you, it is also why I hope you can join us on May 9 ^e .

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