Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. They did the same with places like Envestnet (now a major success story), UGO Networks (bought by Hearst), Kyriba (left for dead in 2000 and now raising a major round of capital and growing at a fast clip) and countless others. My story briefly. Hard to believe but true.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Cofounder Partner 288

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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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

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. A firm that’s continuously managed to look beyond it’s network has been Sequoia. A good example of this was Charles River Ventures experience with their 11th fund.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. As a business and civic leader, Mr. Geleerd has presented publicly at numerous conferences, universities and television interviews on network and cable channels in the US and Canada. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

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Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million! Gross Profit. $(60). Market Cap.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Obviously, there are not many technologists who have had the experience of launching multiple web startups. And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. They were some great, small banks: Robertson Stephens, Hambrecht & Quist, Alex.

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Babbling VC

JUNE 15, 2010

I started interacting with the venture industry back in 1998 when still with Davis Polk & Wardwell but I didn't actually become a VC on paper until August of 2000. I rode down the whole VC cycle from 2000 to it's doldrums in 2001 and 2002. Now that was great timing, wasn't it?

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Venture Capital Acquisition Networking 53

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? 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. social network & web portal companies… I have not experienced a slowdown at all. The average U.S. at 3:47 pm [.]

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Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30

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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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Do your homework. I do the same.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

In 1995, though, I wasn’t truly network-literate yet. Follow your network.”. Be passionate, sure, but also think about where your network is strong, and what opportunities that strength creates. By cultivating a strong professional network. I understood that professional relationships and alliances were important.

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Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

It’s the summer of 2001. Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996. At the peak in the spring of 2000 Interliant hit $55 / share and was worth over $3 billion. By breakfast in the summer of 2001, the stock was trading under $1 / share. I was exhausted.

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BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

Looking at Venturesource, I see that Jamdat was first funded in March 2000 precisely the time when VCs thought wireless was the next big thing. As an investor, the difficult part of any consumer wireless play is that the wireless world is a walled garden and not an open network like the Internet.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. annual GMV.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

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. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Digital Network. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. Journal Community.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”).

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