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6 Signs That Your Startup Could Be The Next Exception

Startup Professionals Musings

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Most founders don’t survive this kind of growth and change, but Larry and Sergey are still a well-balanced machine, with a net worth of over $125 billion each. Survived phenomenal early growth. Google now employs about 140,000 people.

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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B.

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The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

Startup Professionals Musings

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B.

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6 Signals That Your Startup Could Be The Next Google

Startup Professionals Musings

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Most founders don’t survive this kind of growth and change, but Larry and Sergey are still a well-balanced machine, with a net worth of over $50 billion each. Survived phenomenal early growth. Google now employs about twenty thousand people.

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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. He covers broad topics such as net neutrality, but also dives into the specifics of starting a company, touching on things like hiring and employee retention. Follow Jason on Twitter @ASmartBear. Sam Altman.

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How Long Should It Take For a Startup to Succeed?

Startup Professionals Musings

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B.

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For Those Recently Laid Off From Google, Leaving Your Job Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Identity.

Hunter Walker

Google was about 1,000 people when I started in 2003, which means last week’s layoffs were more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire company I’d originally joined. Originally Published June, 2013 [and lightly edited/updated] hunter@google.com: From 2003–2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me.

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