View from Seed

JANUARY 20, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. But the first real time we had a big celebration and folks felt like we’d “made it” was the party we held in the parking lot on February 14, 2002 when PayPal went public.

Startup 100

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep a close eye on your competitors but also on your peer entrepreneurs in your town; they provide the context relevant to you. I’ve been guilty of the SNIT method of selling — Sell Now Invent Tomorrow — as have most entrepreneurs in tech businesses. Keep yourself visible and keep your ears open for honest feedback.

Technical Review 48

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 100

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Support families. My father and I started the business back in 2002 with the following dream: “our mission is to support USA families and jobs by producing high-quality clothing, in the USA, at an affordable price. Photo Credit: BJ Nickol.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have focused this as advice to entrepreneurs building enterprise software ventures today. Guest author Bernard Lunn is a serial entrepreneur and business adviser to start-ups and is ReadWriteWeb's former Chief Operating Officer. You have to do this; addressing real customer needs releases revenue dollars that you need to survive.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

For example, a couple of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley created a company to develop an iPhone social-media app. Facebook didn’t buy the business because the company had no revenues. By the year 2000, the global market for personal computers exceeded 140 million units a year.

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