Presentation to the students at C4Q (Coalition For Queens)

1. C4Q
Shai Goldman
@shaig
Sept 8 2015

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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

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

7. Capital
Over 150+ VCs:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17lJEhen1Nz7
mffOMc1sGdwoTlyFBqTrl0JqlrnpRATc/edit
A lot of new VC funds:
BoldStart, Lerer Hippeau, Notation, ENIAC, Collaboration
Fund, Primary, etc
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ebGZ6-
ivf_3woBGC4Kz_3217DhjGsefoRu_5iP3nuFQ/edit?usp=
drive_web

8. Big Companies
IPOs: Etsy, On Deck
Unicorns: WeWork, Blue Apron, Zocdoc, MongoDB,
Buzzfeed, Oscar, Appnexus, Warby Parker, Gilt
https://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

9. 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

10. Community
Get Involved:
Weekly Event Digestshttps://www.startupdigest.com/digests/new-
york-city http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/the-newsletter/
Meetups
http://www.meetup.com/cities/us/ny/new_york/
Volunteer on Sept 17th
https://www.newyorkcares.org/corp-sign-up-
listing/70140000001LsIBAA0

11. Where to work?
• 2000+ NYC startups listed on AngelList
https://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)

12. 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?

13. 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

14. SF vs NYC
• Weather
• Community
• Capital
• Ideas
• Sub-Sectors

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

16. Questions?