Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. It was 1991. There were startups and a software industry but barely. We still loved every moment.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
1994 – present. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2008: A Down Year in Investment Dollars But Not in Deals” Unknown. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). Total Investments. Exited Investments.
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YoungUpstarts
APRIL 3, 2015
In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. The Harvard Business School reported that small business loans have decreased 21% from their pre-recession peak in 2008. by Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital. Get Online or Get Left Behind.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 14, 2019
between 1994 and 2008. : A Hybrid Path to Entrepreneurship,” we can finally lay to rest all speculation surrounding this topic. Researchers Joseph Raffiee and Jie Feng studied more than 5,000 entrepreneurs in the U.S. Regardless of industry or age, the data showed entrepreneurs who kept their day jobs were 33% less likely to fail.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 5, 2017
In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. However, large companies are recovering from the shock of the 2008 collapse and re-aligning to the New Normal.
Mucker Lab
MAY 20, 2013
1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. 2008 – “RIP, Good Times”. Consumer products and services are hit driven, it’s really hard to build a scalable consumer company”. 1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. Success Factor, Workday).
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