ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It’s also meaningless if they had four $200 million funds and the last one they closed was in 2000. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. What is a VC fund? I wouldn’t rule any decent firms out.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

The post Finding new Market Opportunities in Food Business: A Case Study of GOPA Pakistan appeared first on Where to Play. Here is the case of a local catering business from Pakistan, applying the Market Opportunity Navigator to find new market opportunities in light of a changing environment. Step 1: Market Opportunity Set.

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Pakistan Sales Cycle Marketing Technical Review 62

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing? How To Use Portfolio Theory At Your Startup | by Chris Yeh – crowdspring.co/1jkfmFu. How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Then they consider if it is a big enough market. and Half.com.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Version One Ventures

JULY 3, 2018

They discussed where the crypto market is today, how it compares to the Dotcom bubble of 2000 and why crypto is the biggest disruptor to hit VC in a decade. Other news and highlights across the portfolio. The post Recapping Q2 2018: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. Happy summer everyone!

Portfolio 88

Portfolio San Francisco Canada Demand 88

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. They were bashing each other over the head in a non-existent market as the Internet bubble began collapsing. Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path.

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Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And even if they wanted the index return, there is essentially no way to buy (or sell) a broad-based basket of VC funds in the way you can trade the S&P 500 or Russell 2000 or other public equity index. better than the market average), rather than trying to achieve an index return within the VC asset class.

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LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

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. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Now look around.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . Other businesses are pushing mainstream Lightning adoption for shopping. 2) Gaming . At least not yet.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. While there was an occasional bad apple, the public markets rewarded companies with revenue growth and sustainable profits. What Do VC’s Do?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Established in 2000 in Russia, the MetaQuotes Software Corporation has arguably revolutionised mobile trading in developed companies across the globe. Let’s start with the basics; as the customisable MT4 platform enables you to trade multiple assets across an array of diverse markets. It’s a Multi-language Platform.

Russia 136

Russia Security Portfolio Software 136

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Never cold.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

2) New market (less common form, examples are Lyft and eShares) and 3) New business model (least common, non-K9 portfolio examples are PriceLine and SolarCity). At K9 we focus on the first two, either core new technologies and technology platforms or new markets. We don’t have categories of interest.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Babbling VC

MAY 19, 2012

Without sounding all grim, I want to just reiterate what I told a ton of my portfolio companies back in 2000. Only those companies which attain the sweet spot of a team that jells, the right market opportunity, optimal timing and some unicorn dust go on to greatness. . Learn where you can but do not consider them your peer. .

Silicon Valley 81

Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Social Network 81

VC Adventure

APRIL 2, 2020

I generally give the kind of answer I think most VCs give and say something about how we all know that down markets are great markets for companies to grow ( lots of great companies have been started in downturns ), that there’s a lot of capital sitting on the sidelines at the moment and that capital will have to be invested, etc.

Valuation 118

Valuation Portfolio Database Early Stage 118

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 18, 2020

The journey towards retirement can be aong and sometimes bumpy one, and sometimes your portfolio can take a few hits a long the way. Already in 2020, some investors have been shaken by the events surrounding Coronavirus and the toll it’s taken on the market that they’ve already panic sold some of their investments.

Stock 116

Stock Portfolio Reputation Government 116

The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

These firms have had a significant impact on growth over the last 20 years through the bubbles and crashes they create – e.g. the Long-Term Capital Management crash of 1998, the Dot-Com crash of 2000, and the housing meltdown of 2008.

Development Team Review 94

Development Team Review Business Plan Agile Operations 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

AngelList is a great way to market your deal. Still, we’re nearly 2 years into a bull market for angel investing (read: bubble) and 1 year into a VC bubble. But privately here is what I say every week, “I was at the dot com cocktail party in 99-2000. Balance your portfolio with ultra-safe investments.

Southern California 267

Southern California Angel Investor Early Stage Silicon Valley 267

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. Here’s why. Source: NVCA.).

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

For us, the investment is certainly fresh and newest in our portfolio, but it also feels familiar. CEO Anne Raimondi and my partner Rob were colleagues together at eBay in the early 2000’s before she went on the lead product and/or marketing at many household internet names like Zazzle, InsiderPages, and SurveyMonkey.

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Seed Stage Cofounder Portfolio Curation 199

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. So it looks like the market leaders are trading closer to recession multiples than bubble multiples. Thirdly, the market is far bigger. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. Currently, the S&P is trading at 22x.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

The only point we didn’t seem totally aligned on was what we happening to the “middle of the VC market.” Mark pointed out that on the one hand 6 months ago one of Silicon Valley’s best known ibankers told him that SaaS public valuations were the most over-valued since the dot com bubble in 2000. And we ended.

Valuation 309

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Later Stage Non-Compete 309

David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. The financial markets quickly gave up more than a trillion dollars. The market sucked until around 2010 when everyone and their sister decided they wanted to create an accelerator too. The market was back! In 1999, we sold that business and I started angel investing. You must be nuts.

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Founder Valuation Startup IP 174

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco, said in 2000, “Redbox and Netflix aren’t even on the radar.”. As young people enter the job market for the first time, many think their only option is a traditional hourly position or a 9-5 job – the reality is that they can foster their entrepreneurial side from the start.

Entrepreneur 203

Entrepreneur Oregon Early Stage Texas 203

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. . Building platforms. They called them ‘Platform Teams’ and the value they add varies between funds.

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. But once you achieve initial product-market fit and are down the Sales Learning Curve , suddenly you are faced with a new challenge: how do I scale up the sales efforts? I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . in quota for a rep (i.e., $1m

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

This was the year 2000 and the idea was that Metapa would allow any company to send any media asset over any content delivery network and our service would automatically transform the asset for viewing anywhere.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Open Source Architecture Database 109

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 According to Dow Jones VentureSource Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Kim Gagliardi, 3,404 venture financing rounds were completed in 2011, down 47% from the 6,361 closed in 2000. That was up 29% over 2000 in just five years. It just doesn’t fit.

Venture Capital 127

Venture Capital San Francisco Deal Flow Atlanta 127

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Pension funding was above market using aggressive actuarial assumptions. s form of no-holds-barred capitalism, our financial markets were slow to adopt the idea, with the trend really only taking hold during the heady securitization period of the mid-2000’ s. municipal bond market. Ironically, given the U.S.’s

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

This was the year 2000 and the idea was that Metapa would allow any company to send any media asset over any content delivery network and our service would automatically transform the asset for viewing anywhere.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Architecture Open Source Database 109

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

SailPoint also signed a strategic partnership with BMC Software, enabling BMC’s worldwide sales force and distribution partners to resell SailPoint IdentityIQ™ as the identity management component of BMC’s business service management portfolio.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Today one of our portfolio companies BigDoor announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based OneTrueFan , a community and web check-in company. Recently the market demand has been outpacing their ability to keep up, so they turned to OneTrueFan as a means of accelerating their product development and overall growth.

San Francisco 115

San Francisco Acquisition Cofounder IPO 115