ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 billion was invested in startups by venture capitalists in 2011.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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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. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Thank you for the kind introduction.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Will Work for Equity.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. What led you to the venture capital world? We grew it to just under 20 people and were acquired at the height of the bubble in 2000. New Technology or New Market, meaning no “me too” ideas. Frighteningly Early.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. 406 Ventures.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I was in my early 20’s just barely out of school when four of us (peers) started Sombasa Media (aka BargainDog ) here in Boston beginning in 1998. Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

Today I’d like to talk about one of my new favourite media formats: Podcasts. Recode Media with Peter Kafka by Recode on Apple Podcasts. To download and subscribe to Recode Media with Peter Kafka by Recode… itunes.apple.com. As podcasts are a (relatively) new media format?—?their The second level?—?they’re

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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

JUNE 17, 2011

Ben offers that as Apple, Google and Amazon survived the dot.com crash, we can ignore the fate of the thousands of failed public and private dot.com companies when the bubble burst in March of 2000. Filed under: Venture Capital. billion dollars while admitting it will have operating losses through the end of fiscal 2012.)

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The generally accepted hourly wage calculation used by the staffing industry is Annual Salary divided by 2000 Hours. If you sum up these costs and divide them by 2000 Hours then you are looking at $1.15 Adjust the annual average to what it should be on an hourly basis. So for someone making $70k that comes out to around $35/hr.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Enter Salesforce.com. That would have been laughable.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. True story.) 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

question in venture capital. This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. Use social media to be sure people are aware of it.

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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. Venture Capital. (3). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

Today I’d like to talk about one of my new favourite media formats: Podcasts. Recode Media with Peter Kafka by Recode on Apple Podcasts. To download and subscribe to Recode Media with Peter Kafka by Recode… itunes.apple.com. As podcasts are a (relatively) new media format?—?their The second level?—?they’re

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

in the 1st quarter - the largest number of new issuers since 2000 -raising a total of 11.1 Venture Capital. 1,348 companies raised more than $15 billion from venture capitalists, up 36%. And, as of Monday 54 of the 72 of them were trading above their IPO price. Private Equity. They also raised $10.3 billion.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Leave a comment below with a link.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 20th EVENT OF THE WEEK: 7PM Kevin Ryan & Henry Blodget: NYTech -10 +10 @ 92Y Tribecca The city's enhancement-free version of the "Bash Brothers" talk NYC Tech in 2000, 2010, and 2020. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link].

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Venture capitalists "bury their dead very quietly," Mr. Ghosh says. Management.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Venture capital flows. If too much venture capital hits the streets, valuations will bubble up.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

By the way, I didn't add social media as a tip because, if you're reading this blog, you probably already use it. I'd say just about everyone in my LinkedIn network , all 2000 of them, are people who I've at least had the equivilant of a 1:1 lunch with. and if you don't understand the value of Twitter, blogging, etc. 1) Be Discerning.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. I use social media. The second is not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. Or you have two of those and now there's 2000 people and everyone's sending a chat. From Content and SEO to ads and social media, Semrush is your one-stop shop for online marketing. This is John Jantsch.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Dec 26, 2009). The Dry Run. didn’t sleep that night. Final Thought.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 26, 2017

Yesterday, the NASDAQ crossed the 6,000 mark, its first breakthrough "round number" since 2000 when the widely followed technology index reached 5,000 for the first time. Or, the tattooed, nose-ringed millennial that "knows social media." But this is only a small part of the story. is "over our head". The dreaded "IT guys."

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

And venture capital and entrepreneurship has made life even tougher for the modern corporation. Over the last 35 years venture capital has funded nimble new entrants (on a scale never imagined by Schumpeter ) who exist to exploit discontinuities in technology or customer behavior. Does the ecosystem go “Bang!&# ?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. 6mm in Series A: Investors: Union Square Ventures (Brad Burnham) (lead), Ron Conway, Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Naval Ravikant, Nirav Tolia, Joshua Schachter, Micah Siegel, Bob Pasker – Read more: VentureBeat.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

I happen to be fascinated by the history of the VC industry, and one of the things we discussed at a recent offsite are the common threads behind the rise and fall of great venture capital firms. But we strive and aspire to build a firm that will excel and be around for awhile.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

It’s a bit anti-climactic, seeing as we’ve been hearing about the financial crisis from every major media source for months. How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. So why would raising venture capital be any different. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. Our 2000 fund is the single best fund of its vintage.

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