Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. That year, we merged two companies: Return Path and Veripost.

Fractional CTO 70

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. Smart companies are always looking to make their current products better – and there are many ways to do this. Thank you for the kind introduction. Now look around.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

The ripple and feedback effect of all of these closures will have a major impact on our economy, as each industry that gets impacted puts people out of work, and those laid off workers don’t buy products and services. Whatever your product/market fit was last month it’s no longer true and needs to change to meet the new normal.

Burn Rate 436

Burn Rate Startup Valuation Sales Cycle 436

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Is a completed product necessary to get funding? But Howard comments wire frames or some progress toward a product should be achievable given how inexpensive it is to produce. Mark comments on the importance of being able to ship product. and Half.com.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. 16 years later it’s just another software company. What’s Missing?

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. They are hard to do in a company that excels at products. Visionary CEOs are product and business model centric and extremely customer focused. 16 years later it’s just another software company. What’s Missing?

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Hire for hustle. A great way to separate the entrepreneurial thinkers from those who aren’t is to place a special emphasis on hiring people with a sense of urgency; people who can and will move quickly; people who don’t always have to be told what their next step should be. Use performance-based compensation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. How should one go about pricing their software product? How CEOs Stay So Productive | Fast Company – [link]. What is someone going to stop doing when they start using your product? The Value of Taking a Productive Pause – [link].

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time - [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link]. Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

For long-term growth, Infosys was going to slowly pull away from the large outsourcing contracts that had been its bread and butter in the growth phase and launch into new products and solutions riding on the emerging tech trends of cloud computing, big data, analytics, mobility, etc. All the way from 1993 to 2000. Enter outsourcing.

India 165

India Technical Review Management Cloud 165

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

We were the only folks with a product on the credit card space. That funded us. Among these was the realization that a formal onboarding process for new hires is critical. Anand : …We hire really high achieving people, and they felt that they weren’t achieving anything. You hire really smart people-.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Cofounder Channel 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

You’re unlikely to want to make this sort of investment with the product or the market not yet validated. As ever, prices still determined by: quality of team, quality of product / market and competitiveness of the deal. It was early 2000. The risk wouldn’t be appropriate. I raised my A round at a $31.5

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2019

I get 2000 things passing through my inbox in any given year, and I make about ten investments per year. How excited do you think I am if I’m only picking the top 10 out of 2000? Maybe it means giving extra equity to a standout hire that really takes your team to the next level. That’s because of the simple math of competition.

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Equity Hiring Founder Customer 97

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, the startup landscape looks much different than it did in 2000. Entrepreneurs who are considering starting their businesses might want to start by looking at this list of qualifications/requirements: The entrepreneur must have an idea for a product or service and understands how to make it happen. Increased Productivity.

Startup 127

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Image source ). Where do your consumers fall?

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

16k+ Twitter followers, 5500+ e-mail subs a week, 6th most read VC blog, appearences on Bloomberg and CNBC and I can't use any of it to market any kind of financial product--but if I wanted to sell you a watch or build a video game, I'd be set. scratches bald head].

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Latvia Fiji Arizona SEC 110

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. If you want to scale sales, you hire more sales reps.

Sales 50

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Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

. “We would have won, but the other guys gave the deal away” – “The customer selected us technically and thinks we are the better company, but our competitor just gave the product away. The CEO, not wanting to believe that she’s losing product competitiveness, believes the Rep. You go into an account, you fight hard, and you lose.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Churn Rate Engineer Employee 78

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s relatively small business, but I had a big part in helping build the infrastructure for the firm and hiring people and kind of the whole business development side and just really helping a firm grow. We started off with Gangbusters in 2000. Let’s hire someone to help them.”

Leadership 73

Leadership Developer Curation Hiring 73

Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Why are you against hiring successful people?” It is a long story, but in summary, one general rule of mine is don’t hire or fund rich people. Today, only 8 months after launch, the SnapStore has 63 supported snaps representing around 2000 integrations. At this point, you are probably thinking: “Ben, you are an idiot.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Memphis Software Review Software 77

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Helping American businesses access the information and services that will help them grow, hire American workers, and export to foreign markets. Hundreds of companies and nonprofits have used these data to develop new products and services that are helping millions of Americans and creating jobs of the future in the process.

Fractional CTO 158

Fractional CTO Government Technical Review Analytics 158

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 See Also: 12 Tips for a Wildly Productive Home Office. Unlike most other businesses where your employees sell or facilitate your product, with a home health care business, your staff is your product. If you have the resources starting off, you can simply hire your staff and keep them in-house.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The industry has been met with the hacking menace and an online casino needs to invest in hiring professionals to guarantee security of the server. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives. Some costs involved in setting up an online casino.

Securities and Exchange Commission 60

Securities and Exchange Commission Software Review United Kingdom Affiliate 60

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Here is more of his story: Describe your product/service in 10 words or less: Problem solving. We hire the right people and provide an environment where they can flourish. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. Tony Lakier. Capital?

Louisiana 113

Louisiana Founder Virgin Islands South Africa 113

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. These people sit around thinking "lofty thoughts about markets, products, the competition, and the like.

Software Review 48

Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

I wanna point out how to make money with your current products, man, such an important lesson about leveraging what you've already done to get more from it. And we've now over a thousand student, over 2000 students, I've gone through that program. I hired you for your brain. We hire a lot of part-time employees.

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Employee Design Networking Differentiation 91

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 11, 2011

With a physical product, there are several ways to meet customers and market your business. It was clear that our product was priced too high for this particular show. 5000 booth fee $2000 fare to NYC and hotel room $500 food and cabs = $7500 TOTAL TRIP Lesson learned…priceless. You don’t belong here!” Order staff badges.

Las Vegas 108

Las Vegas Product New York New York City 108

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Products Home. To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2019

You know, you hire an artist on Fiverr to do a cover for you. Maybe a hire someone on Fiverr to lay out the book for you so it looks a little bit better than what Word can do, and your business. If, you can build your house yourself or you could hire a general contractor. Dan Janal: Sure. It’s like a very long blog post.

Flash 74

Flash Software Review Naming Los Angeles 74

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

I liked to buy things online because of endless variety of products available on the web. I was spamming them with emails and messages that included links to products I was choosing from. We currently carry over 2000 products from more than 50 designers and have served over 30,000 happy customers. The Bagtique was born.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur SEO Web Merger 48

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

People are tougher to gauge but products aren't much easier. Without naming the name of the companies, I clearly made two investments convinced of the product and that people would love it. In the case of these two companies, I clearly picked the wrong product. We weren't talking to the real users of these products.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In other words, the arrival of a product or service like Uber will have zero impact on the overall market size of the car-for-hire transportation market. As Uber becomes more established in a market, pick-up times continue to fall, and the product continues to improve. There are multiple reasons why this is a flawed assumption.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111