VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

The Israeli government launched a plan to attract financial services sector firms to Israel in 2010 and is in talks with other international financial services companies that are considering opening financial research centers in Israel. Unemployment fell to 6.1% in January, as the number of Israelis out of work dropped to 189,300.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2013

Can Gen-Y, much less the new Generation Z (1995-2010), survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have the passion and commitment it takes to run a startup and attract investors? My own perspective is that the recession was good for Gen-Y (Millennials), because it forced them to face reality, often for the first time in their life.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. Here’s the story from Andre Marquis, Executive Director of Berkeley’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. —– When I came to U.C.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The recovering economy has really boosted brand ad budgets in 2010, with online ad spend back to setting records again. Saving money online has been a real driver of ecommerce growth in 2010. While the revenue numbers may not be huge in 2010, there is certainly promise to the business models that are developing on these platforms.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Now let’s take a look at the current version of the same inflation-adjusted data: Total venture capital raised from 2008-2010 was just shy of $55 billion, about 0.12% of the national GDP, with the trajectory of capital raising declining in each year. In fact, 2010 venture capital fundraising is at the same level as it was in 1995 and 1996.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

I originally invested in Harmonix as an angel investor in 1995. MTV decided to get out of the video game business in 2010 and sold the company back to the founders (Alex and Eran) and a small investor group. It’s rise was well chronicled in this awesome Inc. Magazine long form story titled Just Play.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 6, 2015

Invented first commercial web cam software, SnapNSend, in 1995. Trademarked “Ultimate Cooling Machine” in 2010. Trademarked "Ultimate Cooling Machine" in 2010. Sales Representative for National Semiconductor, International Rectifier, Unitrode, Philips, Harris, Intel, and others.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

In 2010, I realized that I needed a more family-friendly career without extensive travel and inflexible work hours. With a dream to work for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers as they were childhood inspirations, I moved to Nashville in January 1995 with a goal to represent them both one day… and that day is now!

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. Number of Venture Backed Liquidity Events 2000-2010. Their venture investors made money by selling their share of these successful companies at a large multiple over what they originally paid for it.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

But we came very close to moving to Homer in 1995. We moved to Boulder in November 1995 and never looked back – it’s been amazing. We spent between four and six weeks a year there in the summer until 2010, but haven’t been there in the past three years. Nope – Amy and I aren’t moving to Homer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2010

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. For the latest info, Gartner recently released their 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc. Investors love this stage.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2016

The last was dinner with Alex Rigopulos, the co-founder of Harmonix, which he co-founded with Eran Egozy in 1995, sold in 2007, bought back in 2010, and is still running today. ” The years 1995 through 2005, shown almost entirely in red ink, were “The Part Before That. I’ll be 60 in 2025.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2014

For those who have so quickly forgotten the global financial crisis of 2008 – 2010, one of the main reasons Boulder was so minimally impacted was the strength of the startup community – not just for employment, but for discretionary spending as well. It’s also not the Boulder of 1995. Or innovation. Or ethnicity.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I’ve known and worked with Andy since 1995 (I was on the board of his first company – Abuzz – which was acquired in 1999 by the New York Times) and am awed by the amazing things he’s doing in Seattle these days, including Founder’s Co-op , RevenueLoan , and of course TechStars Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I remember trying CU-SeeMe in 1995 to try to deal with (unsuccessfully) my east coast / west coast travel. So – I’m going to figure it out and put some money against it as part of my December 2010 tech theme. The theme for this month is videoconferencing. Until recently, it didn’t feel like it was quite there.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. He died unexpectedly in December 2010. It was also unique enough to be awarded a trademark by the USPTO. Thanks to Kevin Namaky, Gurulocity ! #11- 11- Quite simple. Photo Credit: Scott Neuman. I buy and sell records worth thousands of dollars. 12- Homage to my dad.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2015

In 1995 I made a seed investment in a tiny company called Harmonix founded by two guys, Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. After being acquired by Viacom in 2007, Alex and Eran bought back the company in 2010. After one meeting with them I knew I wanted to be part of their journey and made one of my early $25,000 angel investments.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. The UK has a similar scheme called Barclays Cycle Hire (affectionally dubbed Boris Bikes after London Mayor, Boris Johnson) which was started in 2010 with the aim of making journeys from point A to B shorter. Simply put, it’s not solving a real-life problem.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

You’re talking about a generation that has seen what happened with their parents and Enron, and what happened in 2009 and 2010—the traditional workforce eroding before our eyes,” says YEC founder Scott Gerber. They also reveal new ways of thinking about work that are motivated by the market disruptions of the past several years.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The ’90s saw broader adoption by the middle class but even in 1995 only 28% of US households had a computer (US Census / Pegasus Research). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. In the ’80s a home computer was the preserve of wealthy and upper middle class families. Read More ».

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2015

This book was written in 1995 and published by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association so the updated subtitle should be “A One Hundred Year Renaissance – 20 Years Later.” 3029 in 2010 (Lugar, Kerry) titled “The Startup Visa.”

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2021

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (2010). Gerber (1995). From naming your product to using your strengths to your advantage, this short read gives you plenty to implement in your own marketing and branding efforts. What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture. – Tony Hsieh.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/31/2010: 18.8. So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/1999: 49.7.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2019

In 2010, Kathryn Minshew left her job at The Clinton Health Access and started Pretty Young Professionals. Fertel agreed, and by 1995 the steak house has expanded to over 80 locations. This invaluable piece of advice enabled her to learn from each failure and keep striving towards success. Kathryn Minshew.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

With a baby on the way, me and my wife bought our first home in 2010. When I decided to leave my mobile data start-up in 2013, I remembered my mortgage experience from 2010, and found that nothing had changed – the model was broken, antiquated and inefficient. Image Credit: Nick Stamos. Thanks to Collin J. Slattery, Taikun Inc. ! #19

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. 2010 was a year of firming and climbing out of a hole, but the tepid IPO market and general macroeconomic malaise seemed to linger until late in the year (similar to how 1995 felt). But what if it’s actually more akin to 1996?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Several years later, Bandon Trails opened in 1995 and the fourth course (Old Macdonald) is scheduled to open by summer 2010. ► 2010. (7). Grow organically - It took ten years of planning to get the first course open and nobody had any idea how many golfers would come. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Way.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

None of us though that on Sept 1, 2010, our lives would be changed forever. I embarked on my journey in October 2010 while still working a full time job. I wrote my web copy myself, did my web design myself and officially launched in October 2010. We lost my brother Matthew to suicide, while he was living in NYC.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

It means that guys like Mark Cuban were not simply lucky for starting a streaming video company in 1995 and selling it to Yahoo for $6 billion in 1998. This is one of the striking conclusions of a newly released working paper by Harvard Business School entrepreneurial finance professor Paul Gompers, et al. Think about that.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/31/2010: 18.8 So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/31/2010: 18.8

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

It was suggested as early as 2010, in a report by the European Commission that SMEs accounted for approximately 64% of the industrial pollution in Europe[3]. In 1995 the founders set up the Pret Foundation Trust with the aim to alleviate poverty in the UK [17]. After all, there 5.7 Our technology work in the theatre has two purposes.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

From 1995–2010, the Israeli startup ecosystem was not focused on creating big companies. Most Israeli entrepreneurs have not been through this whole cycle at scale. Those that have are gold. Israeli entrepreneurs are influenced by the success stories of their past. Things have changed dramatically in the past two decades.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Let the seduction begin… ” About Me Award #3 was given to ArtiniBar , who has been working on the site since September, 2010. I created my first logo in 1995 with ClarisWorks, (aka AppleWorks) on a Macintosh Performa 575. Alex is a wonderful writer who has participated in 884(!) projects and has won 18!

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Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2014

” When Keith and Cheryl decided to branch out on their own in 1995, it was an exciting time. In the waste management sector, unemployment in 2009 and 2010 hit 10.5 Every day is not the same when you’re dealing with hazardous waste or waste in general. Every job is different; there are no two jobs that are alike.”

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aweissman.com

APRIL 14, 2010

Apr 14, 2010. All of it made me think back to my youth, the days of AOL, around 1995-1997. All of it made me think back to my youth, the days of AOL, around 1995-1997. skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you. Escapin through the lily fields I came across an empty space.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Marc Andreessen, left, and Ben Horowitz in November 2010, "We have an agreement from investors to support us on creating a dual class structure," he said. Mr. Andreessen said he used to see things different.

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