YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

In 2010, the oil and gas industry generated $476 billion for the U.S. million in tax revenue since 2000, with California following shortly behind at 17,000 jobs and $185.5 Although shale drilling is part of the larger oil and gas industry, it’s important to point out that even without shale drilling, oil and gas is boosting the U.S.

Iowa 167

Iowa Technical Review India United States 167

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. Bad times are when M&A halts to a trickle and this is when many businesses are rushing to get exits.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS). 3 rd decade (2010): New generation of CMS targeting a wider market. If you wanted a website, you had to pay someone a lot of money to set it up for you. For us geeks, those were happy times, but the same cannot be said for end users.

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PHP Management HTML Framework 143

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I know that in 2010 it seems ridiculous to say anything other than “Facebook has won – the war is over.&# In a complete return to where we all began with AOL – the world is “closed&# again as Facebook has become this generation’s walled garden. So … November 2010 and Facebook has 500 million users.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Established in 2000 in Russia, the MetaQuotes Software Corporation has arguably revolutionised mobile trading in developed companies across the globe. This is despite the subsequent launch of the MT5 in 2010, which continues to trail its predecessor in terms of uptake and downloads. Here are some of the key factors to keep in mind: 1.

Russia 136

Russia Security Portfolio Software 136

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2010: A Market on the Rebound”. Total Investments. Exited Investments. 1994 – present. Band of Angels Website FAQ. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2009: Holding Steady but Changes in Seed and Startup Investments”. approx 2004-09.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ). What about fund of funds (FoF), you ask?

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 11, 2017

I started WP Engine in a boom (2010) and it went great. Instacart might be a good idea in 2017, but Webvan wasn’t a good idea in 2000. It’s wise because costs are low (every vendor is thrilled to have new business) and if you can get people to buy when money is tight, you’ve really proved you have a desirable product.

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Bootstrapping Engineer Sales Cost 156

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). We’re just a little start-up with a big, big dream…We’ve just launched [link] in December 2010.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link]. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! “Who are we?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. 2010 edition)&# – [link]. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! “Who are we?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000. The US labor force gained over 10 million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2012—with over 21% of working Americans receiving at least part of their income through self-employment.

Silicon Valley 195

Silicon Valley Non-Compete API Vertical 195

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. So my guess is that Tweetup needs to go “multi-stream&# (as in Facebook, MySpace, etc.). There is also another inherent weakness. Now you follow people (publish & subscribe) and you click on the links they share.

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

In 2010, the Time magazine listed the sharing economy among the 10 ideas that would change the world. In 2000, Stanford University launched Folding@home , a program whose aim is to run computer simulations of protein folding and to study diseases caused by protein misfolding: Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, cancer, and many others.

Search 170

Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 170

ReadWriteStart

JULY 24, 2012

Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. The high-tech industry is largely a guy’s world made up of "brogrammers" and job ads that ask, “Want to bro down and crush code?”

New York City 156

New York City Silicon Valley New York API 156

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. During the decade between 1991 and 2000, nearly 2000 venture backed companies went public. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below. (It

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

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.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, the startup landscape looks much different than it did in 2000. The first iPhone came out in 2007 but didn’t make its way mainstream until 2010, when apps were released for purchase on iTunes. For starters, there are more startups. The number of new companies that launched each year has increased 234% since 1990.

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Startup Social Media Global Incubator 127

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Generation Z, which are those born between 1996 and 2010, strive to solve problems instantly and are maturing in a stranger-trusting community that utilizes daily on-demand services for food delivery like Favor, transportation solutions like Uber, and instant current event influence with news sent directly to their smart phones.

Demand 157

Demand Mobile Security Founder 157

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. May 30, 2010 1:34 AM Poker Workout said. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. I add another question to the list at the end, "Do you know what you hope to learn? Bring your questions.

Software Review 144

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 144

David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. The market sucked until around 2010 when everyone and their sister decided they wanted to create an accelerator too. We raised a lifetime grand total of $100,000 for that business in the form of advance payment from early customers. In 1999, we sold that business and I started angel investing.

Founder 174

Founder Valuation Startup IP 174

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. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. The Funding Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

May 7, 2010. May 8, 2010 12:54 AM. May 8, 2010 1:00 AM. May 8, 2010 7:55 AM. May 8, 2010 9:55 AM. May 8, 2010 12:06 PM. Anil Dash. A Blog About Making Culture. About Anil Dash. Most Popular. More Info » One More Time: No NDAs. How should we creatively deny them ? Nishal : SilverCrux.com. kevinshay. |

NDA 52

NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Ill leave it to Anne Thomas Manes to tell the full story some time as she was heavily involved in trying to talk Sun off the course they eventually, fatefully took - yes, she worked for Sun back in 2000 and argued nobly against the tide. Follow me as @webmink on Twitter and Identi.Ca startupcto

Web 51

Web Open Source Architecture Internet 51

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. Initial Public Offering (IPO). I don’t recommend this approach to startups these days.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The generally accepted hourly wage calculation used by the staffing industry is Annual Salary divided by 2000 Hours. If you sum up these costs and divide them by 2000 Hours then you are looking at $1.15 Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT. So for someone making $70k that comes out to around $35/hr.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

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.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

Source: New York Times Opinion article, Inventing Our Way Out of Joblessness by Hank Nothaft and Paul Michel, August 5, 2010 ). For the detailed study behind (ix) and the two slides above, read “Market Structure Is Causing the IPO Crisis– And More”, by David Weild and Edward Kim , published by Grant Thornton in June 2010.

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. Initial Public Offering (IPO). I don’t recommend this approach to startups these days.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. 406 Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Department of Health and Human Services in 2010, has opened growing amounts of health-related knowledge and information in computer-readable form from the vaults of the government and publicized the availability of these data to entrepreneurs and innovators.

Fractional CTO 158

Fractional CTO Government Technical Review Analytics 158

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! Anything that works well was her implementation. I did anything that seems kludged – I assure you. Demonstrate the deep relationships we have with the CEO’s with whom we work. I still loved it.

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Early Stage Lead Investor Portfolio Partner 260

gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

Developers that exceed that amount will be charged $20 for each 2000-point increment, which works out to about 1 cent per transaction. Mobile Q4: The scramble for spectrum continues Updated: Forecast: global mobile subscribers, 2010–2015 Carrier IQ and the continued erosion of operator trust. Image courtesy Flickr user Lazurite.

API 50

API Technical Review Artificial Inteligence RSS 50

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This was possible because in 2000, Donna and Handspring were in an Existing Market. In contrast, in 2000 Handspring entered an Existing Market. (“ Disruptive ” and “sustaining” innovations, eloquently described by Clayton Christensen , are another way to describe new and existing Market Types.) End result?

Customer Development 196

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 196

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

What we refer to as the PC era (the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000′s) was not just the desktop phase era but more accurately a desktop corporate computing era. It was only in 2000 that a majority of of US homes had a computer. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Or 134 times all the Internet Protocol traffic (fixed and mobile) generated in the year 2000. That’s almost three million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever written. Or 3 trillion video clips (e.g., YouTube) — one daily video clip from each person on earth over one year. And that’s just mobile data.

Mobile 145

Mobile Global Internet Brunei 145

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Reply Tony Karrer says: January 22, 2010 at 9:24 am I’ll be posting about this. says: August 18, 2010 at 9:01 pm [.] Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40