Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. Since the attractiveness of investments is also largely related to exit channels, this aspect affects the availability of capital and company valuation at every stage. Regulatory framework: There are major differences between the U.S.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
In the early stages of every technology, the market is usually dominated by products built for early adopters who are typically tech savvy – this mainly consists of developers who like to have full control over a product and its features. 1st phase (late 90s, early 00s): New Web programming languages and frameworks.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. But privately here is what I say every week, “I was at the dot com cocktail party in 99-2000. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write.
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%
View from Seed
JANUARY 11, 2017
I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
I thought I’d try to offer a framework for thinking about the topic. So here’s my framework. million and you’re an early stage business this is probably a fair deal. As anyone raising money in April 2000, September 2001 or September 2008 can tell you that. So how should you decide what to do?
The Equity Kicker
JULY 8, 2019
From around 2000, and perhaps coinciding with the need to work harder to win deals as opportunities dried up after the internet bubble burst, individual partners at VC firms began adding ‘helping CEOs win’ to their job descriptions. . This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. .
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