Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

39:34) Humility in leadership and learning from the mistakes. (42:07) One of the special obligations of leadership in a crisis like this is both to take the long-term view, but also to recognize we have an obligation to take action now. Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams. (29:34) 34:28) The mortgage industry finally goes digital. (37:22)

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Certainly the ‘High Frequency Trading’ community of dark pools and hedge funds that currently account for 70% of daily trading activity in the U.S. Compounding the IPO drought is the fact that the entire NASDAQ market has shrunk—since December 2000 the NASDAQ has contracted by 38% to approximately 1,786 companies.

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Delaware IPO Venture Capital Private Equity 37

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications.

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Private Equity Equity PHP 87

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. surrendered market leadership and thought leadership. Company : RiotVine.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2018

“It’s rare that I see people like me- that’s to say, black men and women- in leadership positions, and when I do, it’s exhilarating. I aspired to be like them, and I sought out challenging, fulfilling experiences that would help me become a community leader who could help others like me have an impact. I joined JLL in 2004.

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Austin Louisiana Charlotte Leadership 54

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In their startup post-mortem, Nouncer discussed their decision to be in NY as one that hurt their company stating : In my case, New York didn’t lack money, community, able workers, or smart people with good advice. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. 50:17) The Heroes Journey, Joseph Campbell (55:03) The need for human connection in leadership and what Brian hopes former employees will take with them into the world. (56:46) And of course, this is 2000. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)

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Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

To build products that are healthy for human beings and the communities they inhabit. And what's your vision for what this new community of founders and leaders might build when we get to the new normal? We've had this challenge ourselves because we have to be very mindful of the impact housing has in the communities we're in.

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Silicon Valley Design Hiring Government 113

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%

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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. one of the largest publishers of educational books in the world, bought educational software startup Tegrity , the fourth exit for private equity firm Infinity Group in 2010.

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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Now I train people in communications and leadership. Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. Bates: You know Josh—. That’s fantastic.

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