rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

Tuesday, August 17, 2010. 14 comments: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 dpickett says: Great post, man! Those that don’t embrace appropriate levels of pessimism are left saying “Technical cofounders don’t exist” Tuesday, August 17, 2010 james pruett says: I had a technical cofounder. Now you go: Name (required).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

One, which is described in great detail in the Mythical Man-Month (in finding that link, I discovered that today is coincidentally the exact 11th anniversary of my first purchasing that book: Jan 19, 1998), is that as you add people to a team or project, there is an increase in communications overhead that makes everyone slightly less productive.

Lean 140

Lean Hiring San Francisco Continuous Deployment 140

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. The blast in April 2010 killed 11 people and cost BP more than $40 billion; by July of that year Hayward was out of a job. However, one area where he fell short was in ignoring the search engine market.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Mexico Cofounder Angel Investor 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Paris, November 1998. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Saturday, December 09, 2006. ► 2009. (9).

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. The New Exits.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

by Dr. John Sullivan May 10, 2010, 12:16 am ET. May 10, 2010 at 6:26 am. May 10, 2010 at 9:39 am. May 10, 2010 at 10:09 am. May 10, 2010 at 10:47 am. May 10, 2010 at 11:33 am. Browse Articles by Tag. advertising. assessments. coldcalling. corporatecareerswebsite. corporaterecruiting. economicdata.

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Hiring Metrics Search Widget 57

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. What entrepreneur hasn't dreamed that our startup will experience the same magical beginnings as Google ? So what do angels want?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1998 RIM quickly followed this up with a next generation product with an 8-line display, ran on AA batteries and would last 500 hours. RIM sales were $15 billion in 2010. TiVo sales were $240 million in 2010. It used narrowband PCS and was housed in a clamshell device with a full keyboard. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

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Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 272

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. 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. Sold to Yahoo!

Startup 80

Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

The organization was founded in 1998 by University of Chicago professors Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar following the death of their son Danny in an unsafe portable crib. We’re thrilled that the crowdSPRING community’s next Give Back project is for Kids In Danger (KID). This accounts for over 46 million recalled units.

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Community Chicago Design Product 84

Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

The impetus for my business came in 1998 after I rescued my dog Chewy from an animal shelter and he developed severe health problems. We had a chance to interview Moody and asked her story, how she started her company and the future of Stella & Chewy. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

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Milwaukee New York City New York Entrepreneur 54

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

There's even a classic Wizard of Oz minimum viable product that dates back to 1998! Everyone likes a good story; Brant and Patrick interviewed dozens of entrepreneurs and documented numerous case studies both inside and outside of high-tech, in both startups and large enterprises.

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. Update (08/15/2010 11:23 PM): Patrick Vlaskovits posted a great followup to my post above on his blog: Distribution and Pricing Hypotheses with LOIs. Our products were iClass, then iMeet, iServe and iShow.). The product worked.

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Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2011

Barely a week into the New Year, the American Dialect Society brushed away any doubt that 2010 was a watershed year for mobile technology by voting “app&# the Word of the Year, as reported by NPR and other media outlets.

eCommerce 83

eCommerce Mobile Austin Business Model 83

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) examined why people donate to charities. When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). Bekkers and Wiepking (2010) analyzed over 500 studies on charitable giving. Include a Breakdown of Donation Spending.

Campaign 48

Campaign Reputation Metrics Naming 48

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.

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital Marketing Dilution Government 44

Professor VC

MAY 7, 2013

My Original Mobile Email Device My love affair with RIM started with my first blackberry I purchased in 1998 - the fat pager pictured above. In August 2010, Dan Frommer wrote an article declaring that RIM must switch to Android before it is too late.

Silicon Valley 51

Silicon Valley Cofounder Mobile New York 51

ConversionXL

JUNE 4, 2019

As Harvard Business School professor Susan Fournier noted in 1998 , “A brand has no objective existence at all: it is simply a collection of perceptions held in the mind of the consumer.”. You then code those elements into your brand message, implicitly and explicitly. But you don’t control its interpretation.

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Marketing Audience Green Architecture 125

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/2010: 18.8. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1999: 49.7. 3/31/2000: 73.4. 3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/29/2002: 82.5. 3/31/2003: 44.6. 3/31/2004: 31.6. 3/31/2005: 22.8. 3/31/2006: 22.8. 3/30/2007: 22.6. 3/31/2008: 19.1. 3/31/2009: 14.5. 3/31/2011: 15.4. 3/30/2012: 15.5.

Down Round 78

Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. Dan Primack joined Fortune.com in September 2010 to cover deals and dealmakers, from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road. Beyond the dotcom-era benchmarks. Think fast!

Naming 49

Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49

Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Bookmark the permalink. ← How Much Is A Free Customer Worth? Holiday Cards → Comments are closed.

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Venture Capital Programming Technology Customer 28

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. I know in 2010 this doesn’t seem obvious to everybody but it’s my judgment. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. They looked unstoppable.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

If you aren’t familiar with Startup Riot, according to the website its a: …one day conference on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. I started my company in 1998 at the age of 21 and never looked back. Throughout the day fifty startups will take the stage and present themselves in 3 minutes and 4 slides. A startup junkie.

Atlanta 44

Atlanta Startup Social Media Community 44

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

See the March 2010 edition after the jump. FDI, M&A’s WEIGHED DOWN BY CRISIS IN 2009, UPTURN EXPECTED IN 2010. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. and was founded in 1998.

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OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/2010: 18.8 If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/29/1996: 22.3 3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/1999: 49.7 3/31/2000: 73.4 3/30/2001: 26.3 3/29/2002: 82.5 3/31/2003: 44.6

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. 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). 2009 was the trough year of the most recent business cycle – and a deep trough at that.

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Alex Vukajlovic, is CEO of Zurich based asset management company Cape Capital which he set up in 2002, and Chairman of DealMarket which he founded in 2010. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

What you see from the above is that median floats were pretty consistent from 1980-1998, but dropped significantly during the dot-com bubble. If you split that time period in half (2001-2009 vs 2010-2019) you do see a 19% increase in pop size: from 2001-2009, the IPO pops averaged 11.9%, whereas they reached 14.2% from 2010-2019.

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IPO Securities and Exchange Commission Demand SEC 36

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Sebastian Thrun went on to head Google’s autonomous car project, which first received press coverage in 2010 and continues to captivate our imagination. In 2010, the cost of Google’s self-driving technology was $150,000 , of which $70,000 was just the lidar (a highly accurate laser-based radar).

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Artificial Inteligence Government Nevada Cost 183

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Shechtman, who was born in Tel Aviv in 1941, had previously been awarded the Israel Prize in Physics in 1998 and the Wolf Prize in Physics a year later. Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Shechtman is the tenth Israeli to win the Nobel Prize.

Argentina 90

Argentina Paraguay Uruguay 90

Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

Choosing the right corporate form for your enterprise » May 27, 2010. Remarks to the Visionary Companies Conference, Billings, MT May 27, 2010 It’s a fact that all net job creation since the 1980s has come    with under 100 employees. October 2010. September 2010. People are the whole game. April 2013.

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping Startup America Employee 60

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Then came the third wave, which included WhatsApp (2010), KakaoTalk (2010), Viber (2010), WeChat (2011), LINE (2011), and Facebook Messenger (2011). The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo!

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

He should have invested in Lawson obviously… I could not track back their stock price in 1998 when NetSuite was launched, but since Jan. ► 2010. (5). State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment. Happy New Year 2010! Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and C. 2002, the stock price went from $17.5

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Simon Lack reports in The Hedge Fund Mirage that from 1998 to 2010, hedge fund managers earned $379 billion in fees, while their investors earned only $70 billion in investing gains. Would you pay a $379 tip for a $70 meal? Asset managers can earn far more money at less risk than in any other industry.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114