The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Most investors thought of their job as picking good companies and making sure governance was strong. 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. .

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost?

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point. Is Government a good idea? So were do we go from here? Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? at 4:04 PM.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly unwittingly illustrates this point by telling the story of Sunil Paul, a friend and a successful serial entrepreneur who filed a patent on the core elements of GPS-enabled ride-hailing in 2000. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. Image Credit: Erryn Cobb.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). Paul Graham kicked it off by noting that all the financings in the recent YC batch were converts.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. She wants to figure out how to finance the billions of dollars in much-needed NYCHA repairs. To me, an organization that hits on all these tiny cylinders at once needs to be led by a competent operator. Kathryn is exceedingly practical. Bike lanes. Property taxes.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

The abundance of risk capital during America’s technology bubble in 1999 and 2000 effectively financed the launch of the technology innovation ecosystems that now thrive in China, India, Singapore and other emerging (and increasingly robust) economies.

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Transformify

JANUARY 4, 2024

It was first established by the UK government in 2000. Additionally, they can lose some of the tax benefits of operating their own limited business, like the opportunity to write off specific costs. Becoming an "inside IR35" contractor can also have an operational impact on their personal company.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no. They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions. A few will be worth much, much more.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

My finance career began with a long commute and a cramped cubicle. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch. While operating a tutoring business I was able to identify a demand for niche business software. Photo Credit: Susan Smith.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 Finance Jobs |.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. They have helped 2,000 substitute teachers get in the classroom in 2018, including 400 educators who earned permits, which Swing willingly financed. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  It was sold in 2000 and today is the customer service arm of Fidelity Financial in Florida.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

It appears as though consumer demand is motivating businesses to become more sustainable which is reinforced by government green tax breaks for energy-efficient SMEs. Even though this article might be about the environment, finances are always a business’ primary concern, and where the two can be balanced, reaps its rewards.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2018

No democratic government will ever ban technology. By their nature, governments must protect innovation. They have gained from it, and the governors have had 2000 years to see what is happening with states that do not innovate. It is a minor example, but it is important for both governments and companies.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Moreover, the American labor force gained over ten million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2011. Of course, much of the losses in wages and salaries were a result of the recession but the proprietor trend has steadily increased every year since 2000. Of course, underpinning many of these connections are payment transactions.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

BTW, most of the leading Israeli websites were tested for performance by our tool during BlazeMeter’s garage operation. Back in 2000 I followed the traditional VC trail, raised a lot of money to build (with a cofounder) one of the first interactive advertising companies. I can name Tescom and Tesnet in Israel. Alon: a lot :).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

"I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. His first instinct was that "somebody" should rethink how a doctor operates, how they communicate with the patient, and basically how the whole concept of care delivery works.

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