Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. What Do VC’s Do? They taught you about customers, markets and profits.
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Ben's Blog
AUGUST 28, 2012
In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, no companies deploy applications on premise, every employee has a mobile device and all deploy modern social software.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
In 1995 there were ~1,350 public hospitals representing ~27% of the industry. Private Equity sees infrastructure investing as uncorrelated diversification and has the additional upside of correcting any operational inefficiencies. CALPERs, for example, has devoted over $4b of portfolio to infrastructure related projects. [4].
Ben's Blog
AUGUST 28, 2012
In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, no companies deploy applications on premise, every employee has a mobile device and all deploy modern social software.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
In these uncertain economic times, how has Cisco been able to expand its business operations? Well, first off, Cisco has a focus on operational excellence and productivity. But we’re also fortunate that Cisco’s products and services are fundamental to business operations and consumer. online activities worldwide.
Seeing Both Sides
MAY 13, 2011
One of my portfolio company CEOs, Will Tumulty of Ready Financial , is a former Navy SEAL (1990-1995). Brendan went on to HBS and McKinsey after the SEALs and then started his own hedge fund with a partner, so he had an interesting, multi-faceted perspective. The discussion was wide-ranging and entertaining.
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