Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

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Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. There is a reason why on page 264 of Venture Deals 4e, it states, “We’ve encountered some challenging situations in certain states in the United States that made firing almost as challenging as firing in parts of Europe.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

I always wanted to work in Europe but it was hard to ask for a sponsoring company to pay for you to come over. I called every person I knew in Accenture Europe and asked for advice to get transferred. It is better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission After 5 years in Europe I decided I really wanted to work in Japan.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Burnt out and spent, Ferris decided to go on a two-week vacation in Europe and delegated his work to a team of virtual assistants. From a company worth $1.6 See Also: What Defines Your Company Culture? Focus on flexibility of strategy.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. And yes, it’s a lot more fun to travel to Europe when a latte costs you $4, not $8. Here’s my basic example over the past 10 years. This is related to….

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. I wanted to bring that level of ambition to Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Russia's GDP grew exponentially between 1999 and 2008, driven mostly by oil exports as well as a surge in oil prices. Russia is the seventh largest internal market in the world and the first in Europe. Russia is another emerging economy where businesses can attract investors and sell products and services at scale.

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Global Brazil Russia Singapore 95

Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

and Europe and unite families and friends who can watch TV or OTT or IPTV together. On a “dream big” kind of note, I would love to meet Mark Cuban as he was one of the people responsible for broadcast.com back in 1999 when it sold to Yahoo. We hope to accomplish this by deploying our solution with more clients both in the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

million … yes that was seed in 1999!) We were it in Europe: B2B. We then had a piece in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Europe, we ran front cover of Tornado Insider (the top VC magazine in Europe at the time). and were ready to take off the covers and tell the world. They always need something new.

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South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 5, 2018

The problem has been that many LPs lost money in European venture in the 1999-2000, were nervous about making the same mistake again, and wondered if there was a structural reason why venture capitalists seemed to be less successful here than in the US. Efficient market theory has it that money should flow into that void.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Europe 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London. I’m now down 8.6

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 19, 2016

All three of these are far from easy, but it is raising capital which is the hardest, particularly here in Europe where the venture industry is only just losing the awful reputation it gained during the 1999-2000 bubble. That said, even once they have money most investors pick bad companies.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 11, 2016

Although Nikki spent her childhood in Bermuda, much of her life was spent in Europe attending a variety of schools and trying to escape the school system. Our Guest Although Nikki spent her childhood in Bermuda, much of her life was spent in Europe attending a variety of schools and trying to escape the school system. Our Guest .

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Bahamas Europe Partner Entrepreneur 60

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. Spotify came to the the US from Europe this year, and TaskRabbit and Outbrain just raised money to grow beyond the US.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. Ultimately, we will face an inevitable erosion and shift of wealth– much like we are witnessing today in Europe.’” .” (iii) “Roughly 600,000 new businesses (that employ others) are started each year in the U.S.” . (iv) Jobs will not be created here.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. My parents were also small business owners. I absolutely loved it!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

The funniest experience I ever had on July 4th (US Independence Day) was in 1999. I had been living in Europe since the start of 1995, most recently in London. Not true in Europe. That was the year I spent July 4th in Tokyo, where I was living for 6 months. But in America nobody ever asked me where my dad came from.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, I had spent the previous 11 years in Europe and Japan. The world is filled with doubters who say that things can’t be done and then pronounce after the fact that they “knew it all along.&# Look at Google.

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

The information is based on part of a confidential year-end 2011 investment report distributed to investors in a fund-of-funds that made commitments between 1999 and 2001. Overall, the fund-of-funds is 97% called for 45 funds raised between 1999 and 2002. Accel Partners VII (1999): 89% (74%). Onset Ventures IV (2000): 31% (4%).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line. In my case, I grew up in an apartment in a country in Europe where we refer to apartments to as “flats” After an exhaustive search and writing down name after name it dawned on me. Thanks to Julie Rustad, Julie Originals LLC. #4

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

From April 1999 until June 2006, Mr. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field. She started her career at Arthur Anderson as a consultant in financial services and technology.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

Wang, whose resume includes stints at companies like Microsoft and Cisco, co-founded one of China’s first e-commerce sites in 1999. million buyers and distributes goods to 224 countries, with North America and Europe among its largest markets. It boasts 5.5 The Beijing-based company boasts 1.2

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China North America Entrepreneur Asia 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. I remember the heady days of 1999 when everyone believed that there were new rules to investing.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. I remember the heady days of 1999 when everyone believed that there were new rules to investing.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

million registered members as of November 2010, was established in 1999 and recently hit its 10 million answers. Summit Partners, founded in 1984, has raised more than $11 billion in growth capital, and has invested in more than 320 growing businesses across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Private Equity China North America 90

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In Europe and New York, it is not uncommon for the best-paid member of staff to be the Maitre’d. My lifelong goal as a child was to open my own restaurant one day and, with the help of 2 partners, I did just that in 1999 with the opening of my first restaurant, Bomboa, located in between the Back Bay and South End of Boston.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

About 400 years ago merchants from the Netherlands were sending ships to Asia in search of spices widely desired in Europe. Ask yourself this — how did it go when a bunch of Internet companies when public in 1998–1999 with limited revenues or oversight? Regulation will come.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. WSJ Europe Edition. Customer Center. My Journal. Message Center ( new). Edition Home. ↓ More. WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages: U.S. Deutschland. en Español. em Português. Register for FREE.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

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. I’ve seen so many amazing product people have come from the BBC, and many are now all over Europe and beyond. The combination is amazing. NETFLIX – Kate Arnold.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

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.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. Yaro: Yeah, as you saw on the slides I went to Fiji, Hawaii, America, Canada, Europe, down to Dubai, Singapore, and back home over eight months.

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76