Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

After the dot.com bubble collapsed, venture investors spent the next three years doing triage, sorting through the rubble to find companies that weren’t bleeding cash and could actually be turned into businesses. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The business kept expanding and moving into new territory throughout the 90s, with further establishments opened in Manchester, Wales and Scotland. 1998 saw the 300 th pub open and its rapid expansion saw them reach 500 pubs being open by 2001. John Looker retired in 1929, but the business didn’t falter.

Asia 112

Asia Austin Europe Naming 112

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. If you decide to follow a blog acquisition strategy, you’re not going to write the blog yourself, not very likely.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. In a subscription business, there three to five times would be a really good multiple for that ratio. Bates: You know Josh—.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95