Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . link] bussgang.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. Venture funds are often measured against the median returns for their vintage, and, while we may have performed better than most, one can only beat the market averages by so much absent a lucky unicorn in the mix. Yes, that has multiple meanings!)

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Assuming 60 companies are accepted in a specific batch, that would mean around 2000 companies applied.

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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. . They weren't originally in Silicon Valley.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. In the case of public companies, we valued the companies at the market close of 11/15/13. We found 43 such companies. 2004), Kayak ($1.8B/2004)

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

A former tech journalist, Chris has built a career identifying innovative startups that create markets and drive positive and disruptive change. As the executive producer of the DEMO conference from 1996 to 2009, she helped more than 1,500 companies make their market debut. We know about waves of innovation around new markets. ….

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. The lesson was learned over 30 years in Silicon Valley: you create ecosystems where third-parties can innovate and thrive and you become the legitimate center of it all and can tax the system later.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Robert Scoble has weighed in calling AngelList, “ The New Silicon Valley Hype Machine. &# I’m not sure if that’s how AngelList would like to be branded. AngelList is a great way to market your deal. But privately here is what I say every week, “I was at the dot com cocktail party in 99-2000.

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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. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As a percentage of total US employment, proprietors have steadily increased every year since 2000. The US labor force gained over 10 million more working proprietors between 2000 and 2012—with over 21% of working Americans receiving at least part of their income through self-employment.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

You may be in the wrong market at first. — Rather than put work into creating a new markets for his business ideas, Ajeet looks for business opportunities in existing markets. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. You may be in the wrong product at first.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

You may be in the wrong market at first. — Rather than put work into creating a new markets for his business ideas, Ajeet looks for business opportunities in existing markets. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. You may be in the wrong product at first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Assuming 60 companies are accepted in a specific batch, that would mean around 2000 companies applied.

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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. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. Carpe Diem.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Social Media Marketing World. Attend the world’s largest social media marketing conference of the year! By attending, you’ll make connections with 80+ of the world’s top social media pros (plus 2000 of your peers) and you’ll discover amazing ideas that’ll transform your social media marketing.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Over time the idea that winners in new markets are the ones who have been the first (not just early) entrants into their categories became unchallenged conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley. Tellis had a much more accurate description of what happens to startup companies entering new markets. [3] By then it was too late.

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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.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The product development model treats all startups like they are in an Existing Market – an established market with known customers. They never understood Market Type. Why does Market Type matter? Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. They looked nervous at having to speak with me impromptu and without the benefit of financial figures to scoff at, product pitches that they’ve seen 100 times and a market sizing to unpick. Page 1: Market Size. $3 I wasn’t feeling it. But these two certainly were.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Markets. Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. But Andreessens approach is also exposing a rift in Silicon Valley, where a group of young and relatively untested entrepreneurs have maintained control over their rapidly growing companies. Marketing Jobs. » More.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

At the same time we have seen the start-up ecosystems in New York, London and Berlin emerge as meaningful competitors to Silicon Valley. Those VCs were nearly all situated in Silicon Valley and most companies couldn’t get very far without going to them. It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 24, 2012

Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. Consider Silicon Valley, circa 2012. Or that less than 10% of venture-backed companies have women founders. It’s Still A Man’s World.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Sure you had lots of niche businesses throwing of good amounts of cash, but if you were an investor in Silicon Valley looking for a multibillion dollar outcome, there was an informal checklist you went through: a) Have I heard of it? solving the 20s, kids and women''s market]. In 2000 “never heard of it” meant pass.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 25, 2018

Similarly, there are resilient, well-managed cryptocurrency companies that will be able to withstand drastic market fluctuations. Understanding the following factors can help you to mitigate long-term damage as the market naturally begins to self-correct. In November 2000, an index of 280 internet stocks was down by $1.7

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). - there may be major competitive changes in the market that makes your next funding round hard (e.g. Who started this meme?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Are they consistent with your founding team, are they competitive in the market, and will they not create precedents that you’ll regret in the next round of hiring? That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. How about your Marketing Plan ? How about your Investors ? Don’t be the plaid guy.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. If you want to launch a new business, this is a great market to launch from because you can easily reach all of the major Texas cities with one office. The larger Dallas metro-region is the fourth largest in the country and Houston metro-region is the fifth.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Their firsthand knowledge of creating new businesses and new markets seemed quite relevant to successfully investing in other entrepreneurs working to do the same. Valuable lessons learned from Andy’s personal experience venture investing in Silicon Valley. The best estimate of overall angel investor returns from this data is 2.5

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Overall crypto markets improved, with Bitcoin hovering near $7000. Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2012

As a result, commentators like Alan Patrick are asking whether we are seeing the end of Silicon Valley as we know it. LinkedIn, and numerous SaaS companies, are still doing fine on the public markets. These funders were providing liquidity to early investors and additional capital for growth, just like the IPO markets used to.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

However, no markets last forever. Certainly Carly Fiorina’s tenure will be a controversial topic for some time to come, but the cultural angst generated by the loss of thier founders notwithstanding, HP seemed to really reach stall speed around 2000. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 17, 2015

In the 1990s when companies needed £2-5m to get a product to market they had money to hire a team of people to help them. The gaps that we most often fill are product, development, design, marketing, recruitment and fundraising. Over the last fifteen years that has become accepted best practice.

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Term Sheet The latest on private equity, M&A, deals and movements — from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Accel Partners VII (2000): 122% (97%). ARCH Venture Fund V (2000): 41% (11%). Commonwealth Capital Ventures III (2000): 110% (56%). HIG Venture Partners (2000): 44% (22%). Market Movers.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley.

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