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.

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Mucker Lab

MARCH 8, 2016

In reality, we are scrappy founders, just like the entrepreneurs we serve. And we aren’t afraid to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty alongside the founders in our portfolio. How can we tell founders to stay lean, keep focused on their customers, and keep burn rates low if we cannot walk the talk and eat our own dog food?

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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. . Value add strategies make partners at VC firms more personally effective. more valuable than their peers. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. It led to hiring Eric Schmidt. In my mind, the best VCs actually deliver outsized returns by “leaning on the scale” not by “deal sourcing.” I want to challenge the founders view. The industry isn’t dying. It is changing.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up, has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million! How did Akamai do it? . . Founding Akamai.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

He’s been COO of some amazing businesses, including HouseTrip and LiveBookings, and will now help our founders succeed just as he helped the founders of those companies. I’ve hired and built great teams. The reason I’m excited is that David is THE MAN to deliver on the second part of that promise.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Idealistic founders believe they will break the mold when they scale, and not turn into a “typical big company.” And if that person leaves, you’ve just lost six months to hire and get back up to speed on that thing. Or it’s fatal because that was a co-founder. A team of one is brittle, but fast.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

It got bigger by inventing new test and measurement equipment and it hired people who knew how to execute that strategy. At HP the founders were still at the company and still running the business. Elephant Graveyard Reinvention of large companies, while making for great case studies are rare. It would be nice to hear your thoughts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods. I'm the co founder and Chief Impact Officer at Revolution Foods. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. I mean, number one, having a co-founder who has always held that space of look, we've got each other's back, and that has been absolutely key.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jay Townley is the co-founder and partner of Gluskin Townley Group, a consulting firm with over 75 collective years of experience in the bicycling, research and retail industries. Lean on your accountant or hire a good financial coach to hold you accountable.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jay Townley is the co-founder and partner of Gluskin Townley Group, a consulting firm with over 75 collective years of experience in the bicycling, research and retail industries. Lean on your accountant or hire a good financial coach to hold you accountable.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jay Townley is the co-founder and partner of Gluskin Townley Group, a consulting firm with over 75 collective years of experience in the bicycling, research and retail industries. Lean on your accountant or hire a good financial coach to hold you accountable.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. As I mentioned in my post last week , scaling is hard. Really hard. Magical, really.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. All three of the pillars have been under attack since 2000.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this. If you lean in and understand this is a brilliant time to play offense. And you think about how hard it is to hire a normal employee in any business.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 7, 2016

When investors interrogate founders, these interrogatives arise, but with a twist: Adding the word “why” in front of each. But also you de-risk by aligning the solution to the founder’s existing abilities, for example in using whatever language/framework the founders are already adept in. When → Why now?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent). you can hire for those. Maple Butter.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). During this year they.

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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. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Now, as CEO and founder of Carbon Health , Eren is leading one of the country's fastest growing healthcare startups. But now as CEO and founder of Carbon Health, Eren is leading one of the fastest growing healthcare startups. Eren spoke openly about his growth as a founder and leader, as well as gave candid advice for future founders.

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