David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

You’ve probably read dozens of articles about how to raise capital from venture capitalists. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history. Out of over 70 companies that we have invested in since 1999, about 20 are in our home city, New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Austin McCombs article captured my philosophy well, and also offers some insight into Bazaarvoice culture. You’ll spend time at the conferences that people go to about that topic, read all the books about that topic, read the magazine articles, the news articles about that topic. Go seek out the experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

It is basically a return to the type of VC that was done 20 years ago long before the craziness of the Internet boom that skewed things so greatly. This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. I could obviously go on.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize. Since its organization in 1999, SHARE has become the biggest microfinance institution in India, and its success has prompted other banks to begin their own microfinance programs. This article was first posted at OnlineMBA.com.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Carmine Gallo (04:08): I, If you want to have a conversation on the role of Amazon in e-commerce or retail, there are plenty of books and articles on that subject. And a lot of experts and a lot of CEOs and company founders tell me that those shareholder letters were models of simplicity, which kinda led me in that direction.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Article: Behind Every Great Product. Normally I do this by explaining the critical responsibilities and the necessary character traits and skills, but in this article I will be taking a very different approach. But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Additionally, Shah told me, “It was more specific than ‘Internet Marketing.’ While the term was new, many of the ideas aligned with “ permission marketing ,” which Seth Godin brought into marketers’ consciousness in 1999 and contrasted with “interruption marketing.” More than just ‘Content Marketing.’”. It’s conversational marketing.”

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2012

While people in the article claim ‘this time is different, I am not so sure. (I I was at the University of Chicago when a bunch distinguished professors created UNext.com during the late 1990s — BIG BUST just like the startup I joined in 1999). A similar wave hit in the late 90s, during the larger dot-com frenzy.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. My fiancé is one of the best ideation consultants in the world (the brain), he was a top rated mentor at Founder Institute and has built and sold numerous successful businesses. Thanks to Adam Hergenrother, Hergenrother Enterprises ! #12 Image Credit: Gail Levy.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

People can pay for a membership to work from a shared workspace which often includes internet, coffee, desks, and other amenities. - Coworking is a recent phenomenon which was aided by the proliferation of the internet and the associated capability for people to work remotely. How did coworking start? Why are people in the same space?”

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www.volkside.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Founder bio. Articles and blog posts: Mashable (2010): How To: Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup. Salon.com (1999): The name game. Nice article. Thanks for the article. Presentation: Wirify – Lessons from a micro internet phenomenon. More … Articles. Founder bio. Skip to content.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.)

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2012

The article explores some major players and their actions. I have worked for 3 ‘internet startups’ over the past 14 years (my first.com was in 1999) and the two that relied on ‘free’ models (even with ‘freemium services’) did not survive. Koller said of her company’s partner institutions.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Let me tell you the tale of a truly buzzworthy endeavor by an internet business: back in 1999, Mark Hughes convinced the town of Halfway, Oregon to rename itself Half.com to generate publicity for the growing e-commerce start-up. The study cites articles like What Red Ink?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I have two articles on the topic: 1.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. This is the first article from Jason L. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). Want to start up in France? What follows is a slightly edited transcript of the full interview. My firm is SKMurphy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

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