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Shai Goldman@shaig

Sept 8 2015

Agenda• Shai• SVB• 500 Startups• NYC• Capital• Startups• Sectors• Community• Jobs• Resources• SF vs NYC• Economy

Questions

Shai Goldman• Born in Israel, raised mainly in Bay Area and moved to NYC 4+ years ago

• Non-technical, unless you count my classes in html in 2000

• Live in Queens (LIC)

• Paper boy, dish washer…Silicon Valley Bank, 500 Startups

• 14 years in the startup/vc ecosystem in San Francisco, Palo Alto and NYC

• @shaig

• http://www.linkedin.com/in/shaigoldman

• sgoldman@svb.com

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)• 32 years in business• Traded on NASDAQ, $6B+ market cap• 2,000 employees• US, China, UK, Israel• Commercial bank

– Deposit accounts, credit cards, loans, fx, etc• Focus

– Work with the majority of startups and VCs– Tech (2 people pre launch to post IPO)– VC/PE (seed to multi $B funds)– Wine (Premium, $15 to $200+ wine)

500 Startups

• Led investments– Sunrise calendar app (acquired for $100M by MSFT)

• Organized pitch deck and raised money from LPs• Setup and ran a co-working office• Helped with the accelerator• Global

NYC

• A ton of opportunities due to:– Capital– Startups– Jobs– Community– Exits (IPOs, Acquisitions)

Capital

Over 150+ VCs:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17lJEhen1Nz7mffOMc1sGdwoTlyFBqTrl0JqlrnpRATc/edit

A lot of new VC funds:BoldStart, Lerer Hippeau, Notation, ENIAC, Collaboration Fund, Primary, etchttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ebGZ6-ivf_3woBGC4Kz_3217DhjGsefoRu_5iP3nuFQ/edit?usp=drive_web

Big Companies

IPOs: Etsy, On Deck

Unicorns: WeWork, Blue Apron, Zocdoc, MongoDB, Buzzfeed, Oscar, Appnexus, Warby Parker, Gilthttps://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies

Many others: Yext, Yodle, Casper, Bonobos, Vice, Jet, Harry’s, Greenhouse, VTS, Betterment, LittleBits, Classpass, Flatiron Health, SquareSpace, Digital Ocean, etc

Sectors• Advertising*• Commerce*• Gaming*• Real Estate• Hardware / IoT• Enterprise

– Big Data, HR, Collaboration, BI, marketing• Food• Finance• Content• Health

– Insurance, Wellness, Hardware, Big Data, Drug development

CommunityGet Involved:

Weekly Event Digestshttps://www.startupdigest.com/digests/new-york-city http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/the-newsletter/

Meetupshttp://www.meetup.com/cities/us/ny/new_york/

Volunteer on Sept 17th

https://www.newyorkcares.org/corp-sign-up-listing/70140000001LsIBAA0

Where to work?

• 2000+ NYC startups listed on AngelListhttps://angel.co/companies?locations[]=New+York+City&company_types[]=Startup

• 1000+ NYC startups are hiring on AngelList• 100+ NYC startups have raised $10M+ since

Jan 2015 (per CBInsights.com)

Ask

• What sectors are you passionate about?• How much cash is remaining?• When was the last round of financing?• How is it to work there? Check out Glassdoor• How is the leadership?• What sort of ownership % will you get?

Interesting Decks

• Guide to NYC Techhttp://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/guide-to-nyc-tech

• SaaS http://www.slideshare.net/BradSvrluga/nyc-saa-s-presentation-june-2015-final

• Startup Sales Toolshttp://www.slideshare.net/NicPoulos1/the-ultimate-guide-to-startup-sales-tools-2015

SF vs NYC

• Weather• Community• Capital• Ideas• Sub-Sectors

Economy

• China• Greece• Oil• Gold• Europe• Middle East• Puerto Rico• US stock markets

Questions?