ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 According to Dow Jones VentureSource Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Kim Gagliardi, 3,404 venture financing rounds were completed in 2011, down 47% from the 6,361 closed in 2000. That was up 29% over 2000 in just five years. It just doesn’t fit.

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Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 3, 2011

While plenty of tech bloggers were tossing around the word “bubble&# , I also noticed it among the mainstream media. In the tech industry, the great Internet bubble inflated between 1999 and 2000 and deflated (or popped) in 2001. So I spent some time on my run yesterday rolling the idea of a bubble around in my head.

Entrepreneur 143

Entrepreneur Finance Internet Web 143

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 4, 2011

I feel like some kind of a social media-enabled product wiki should be able to help with this, but until then, I’ll do this here. New or slightly used --Less than $2000 all in, including pedals and other gear --Probably not a full-on tri bike—but something I can take on 60mi trips and climb easily with. Here’s the criteria: --56 cm.

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Wiki Social Media Media Product 87

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

His premise was that the delivery method of software – and whether there was actual media involved (i.e., He said that people who download “standard” software (like TurboTax) from the internet should pay sales taxes, just like someone who buys TurboTax in a box at BestBuy. CDs) – shouldn’t change whether the software should be taxed.

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox. And that was, you know, 2004, 2005 was, I was realizing that it was no longer about working harder. And then secondly was the text.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Wintegra, founded in 2000, has 165 employees with the majority of its R&D development team located in Ra’anana, Israel, and Austin, Texas. iSkoot, founded in 2005, has an office in Silicon Valley and an R&D center, which employs half the company’s workforce, in Bet Shemesh, Israel.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Yes, Twitter and Facebook are the darlings of the media for the time being, and it seems no one gives a rip about blogs anymore. It’s almost like the clock is moving backwards to 2004/2005 when blogs when there was much less noise in the blogosphere, but a smaller audience of commited, early adopters. 4 John Evans on 10.28.09

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Software Review RSS Software Developers Software Development 49

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY. the 1990s.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

But you can't beat yourself up because you didn't have a good email address as before you started, or you didn't have their social media counts. If you make the mistake of going on social media right now, you will see nothing but death and devastation, the news is incredibly bleak. And really gather your followers. Go get them.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Mr. Black came to New York in 2005, founded SustainabiliTV.com, producers of ‘The Business Case for Sustainability’ and produced several important films in Darfur and Nepal. He also developed economically and environmentally sustainable housing projects in the UK, Australia, and most recently in upstate NY.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. OTHER DEALS. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

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. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Our 2000 fund is the single best fund of its vintage. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They’ve worked with a few small companies like Zynga, Playdom, GroupOn and TopSpin Media. They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. In 2005 they realized that this business was going to evaporate over night with the introduction of YouTube.

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Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Founded in January 2000 in Oakland by Tim Westergren; new CFO, Steve Cakebread was previously CFO of Salesforce.com. Read more: MediaWeek.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. Yaro: If you go back to the Wayback machine, you’ll see it in its infancy in late 2004, but it really started off in 2005, so four years. Audience: What about from a social media point of view?

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Regulation will come. It needs to come fast.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280