YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Here’s the thing: Professional development is an essential part of attracting and keeping the best talent. People want to stay with companies that care enough to invest in them, not just via their salaries, but by helping them develop the skills that will help them build their careers.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) (No value judgments here, VCs were doing what the market rewarded them for, and their investors expected – maximum returns.) (And

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

What worried them more was where the money would come from for the mammoth research and development efforts that would be required to make space travel both comfortable and affordable. In 2001, in conjunction with the Russian Space Agency, American entrepreneurs Peter Diamindis, Eric C. Named after Alan B.

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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. Much better.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Some might feel that they will reduce the cost by developing their own site. The startup websites are now fully developed, and they are functioning properly. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives. They went ahead to develop a leading casino.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. In 2000, I was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, where the price for a customer running a redundant version of a basic internet application was approximately $150,000 per month. Secondly, developers are more productive. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. You feel it, too.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Kumar was the Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, a company which developed software and services for web-based customer interaction. We grew it to just under 20 people and were acquired at the height of the bubble in 2000. We’re highlighting key members of the community to find out.

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

CEOs and employees work tirelessly to develop creative narratives that help them avoid dealing with the obvious facts. Back at the tail end of the Great Internet Bubble in 2001, as all the big technology companies began missing their quarters by giant amounts, I found myself wondering how none of them saw it coming.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al.,

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. The world of building profitable startups ended in 1995.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Ryan was my savior when it came time for questions on how SOLR clustering works, why Postgres was more suitable to us than MySQL and why aspect-oriented programming was delivering us benefits in the development process. I look forward to the next phase of our business.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. annual GMV.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

You have to create new opportunities and pursue new strategies for developing the kinds of strong professional relationships and networks that naturally arise if your first job is at a company with hundreds or even thousands of employees. PayPal was one of the few companies that survived this era, and in 2001, eBay acquired us.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Why are consulting CTOs so scarce?

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Earlier in his tenure at IV, Mr. Barhydt successfully designed and implemented the targeted patent acquisition program and developed processes and metrics to improve licensing operations. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Because times are slightly better now for fund raising I’d probably say two extra things: a) it may be worth a modest increase in your team size / activities / development IF you can raise more money to do this now & b) if you can raise more than you need right now (within reason) without too much extra dilution I would do so.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Amelia spurs growth and development by providing capital, professional support and mentoring to entrepreneurs and joint ventures that further regional collaboration and economic opportunity. Phoenix Capital , a tie-up between OurCrowd and Abdullah Al Naboodah’s business development unit.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million!

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Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

Back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, a flood of LP capital was coming into the VC asset class given the strong returns of the mid-late 90s tech boom/bubble. This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Years ago, Six Apart invited me to be a part of some kind of developers program without telling me what it is. The developer program for which I signed the NDA never came to fruition, and no information was actually disclosed in all that time. But moreover, thats just not how things work. Ideas are cheap. Execution is hard. Jay Smooth.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Right now companies are cutting costs and letting go of their $125/hour development shop. Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. The average U.S.

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aweissman.com

APRIL 17, 2016

I’ve seen this before, as one of my first investments ever in 2000 was leading the first financing in SmarterChild , where that product and company faced many of these same questions. Given that it was 2000-2001, SmarterChild launched on the then dominant (only?) What did they see and do?

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Altgate

APRIL 28, 2012

—————————————– I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Myth number 4.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 2001: Decimalization (further loss of economics to provide market support for small companies), by reducing minimum commissions from 12.5 Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. i. Pre-bubble average 520 IPO’s per year.

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www.noamwasserman.com

MARCH 26, 2012

I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Here’s what entrepreneurs think they know about startup pay–and what actually happens. Myth number 4.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

gave up 70% of the company to American Research & Development Corp. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. POST A JOB. CyberCoders. Microsoft Corp.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Recanati Winery -The Recanati Winery was founded in 2000 by a group of wine lovers led by Lenny Recanati. Vitkin Winery – Vitkin winery was established on the Rutenberg-Belogolovsky farm in Vitkin Village, Israel, during the 2001 harvest. Many award winning wines. Viognier and the exotic Gewürztraminer.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 11, 2017

The finance version of this is chasing 10% returns each year only to have something unexpected (2001, 2008, etc) happen and wipe out a life’s savings. The career version is to have a “safe” job that pays a steady salary but might suddenly disappear if something unexpected (2001, 2008, etc) happens.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 14, 2011

More recently, I worked on a new project to develop 50 niche websites, all at once. In 2001, when I launched my first foray into becoming a serious information marketer and built a portfolio of infoproducts, my goal was to be able to fund one heart operation from business profits.

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BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

For those of you that don’t know, Jamdat is a provider of global wireless entertainment applications and enabling technologies that support multiple wireless platforms to wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, media companies, and independent content developers.

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