Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2023
Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2020
Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.
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Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a pretty good valuation for the time. It was a $4.7M
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 10, 2016
Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 9, 2015
Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. I’ve written in detail about that in this post, “ On Bubbles, And Why We’ll Be Just Fine.”.
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