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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

More recently, Eric Ries and Dave McClure added fuel to the fire (See Eric Ries’ blog post: Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet) and helped kick off a campaign on @ 2Gov. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. In a startup cash is king.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

If you run a startup and are currently raising money, you probably planned for a somewhat different fundraising environment than the one you find yourself in today. Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

If you run a startup and are currently raising money, you probably planned for a somewhat different fundraising environment than the one you find yourself in today. Perhaps you are caught in the “Series A crunch” or perhaps you are a consumer company and expected that you would be valued on users rather than revenue like the last time.

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How Falling In Love With My Product Killed My Business

Software By Rob

Software development wasn’t giving me the satisfaction I craved from working, and I had recently been part of a startup that was now a smoking crater after the Dot Com crash. At the time (2001), digital cameras were very much maligned by “real photographers&# , and certainly by the general public. Tags: Startups.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

business #entrepreneur #startup #story #why #ceo #ceoblognation #CEOs #hearpreneur. I own Elite Editing, a full-service editorial firm that offers outsourced solutions to businesses of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 50s. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. Tell Your Business Story! Accepting submissions.