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

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. 3) Exchanges + HFTs.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. It’s a buggy product but pretty damn cool.

Early Stage 380

Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? How To Use Portfolio Theory At Your Startup | by Chris Yeh – crowdspring.co/1jkfmFu. Knockoff products … an increasingly growing problem at Amazon – crowdspring.co/1g5t0By.

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Fred Wilson has been a venture investor and director in Return Path since 2000, first with Flatiron Partners and then with Union Square Ventures. Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.). Selecting Your Investors. We’ve been through a lot of wars together.

Valuation 133

Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Brian Cohen , chairman of the New York Angels, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Established in 2000 in Russia, the MetaQuotes Software Corporation has arguably revolutionised mobile trading in developed companies across the globe. The corporation’s flagship product remains the MetaTrader 4 (MT4), which was initially launched in 2005 and remains the standard-bearer for excellence in the industry.

Russia 136

Russia Security Portfolio Software 136

The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

The creative economy – a real economy that generates real products and services. 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

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? With enough resources, products can always be copied. It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

To succeed in the space, angels must have a high risk tolerance, a large bank account to weather losses, and most important, a diverse enough portfolio to handle losing money on most of your investments. Of course, investing in a diversified portfolio is a significant time commitment. approx 2004-09. More than 90% of startups fail.[2]

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

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). Technical founders, or founders who are capable of building their own product, with at least one founder who is capable of leading and building the team.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. Event Service provider shares some product relatedness as the food supply is a common feature between both, but they are not tightly related.

Pakistan 62

Pakistan Sales Cycle Marketing Technical Review 62

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.

Seed Stage 199

Seed Stage Cofounder Portfolio Curation 199

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Customer segmentation is essential , not just to identify where buyers pull back but also to “reveal products primarily purchased by people still willing to pay full price.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. In 2000, I was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, where the price for a customer running a redundant version of a basic internet application was approximately $150,000 per month. Secondly, developers are more productive. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

This approach has already lead to some stunning results: In 2011, we hosted over 600 portfolio presentations to corporate customers and partners at our office in Menlo Park. These presentations resulted in more than 3,000 introductions between portfolio companies and prospective Fortune 500/Global 2000 senior executives.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Partner 78

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.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

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. a "jungle" stage company would have a lower quota than a "highway" company).

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In 2010, SailPoint closed two strategic corporate transactions to broaden its product engineering and services teams and further expand its global footprint. To support this growth, SailPoint also grew its headcount to 125 and doubled its office space in Austin, Texas.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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

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

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2015

is a product of Return Path , where I’ve been on the board since 2000. One of our portfolio companies, WootMath , won a similar App Challenge back in 2013. That is one of the reasons why I’m interested in seeing the projects that come out of the Context.IO Context.IO

API 70

API Portfolio Channel Email 70

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. of your product. Great new product release.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Mucker Lab

MARCH 8, 2016

With a well-capitalized fund, great LPs, and a solid portfolio, we are privileged to continue serving exceptional entrepreneurs. We’ve written code, launched products, acquired users, managed P&Ls, and lost sleep over making payroll. The macroeconomic conditions of 2000, 2008 or even 2016 — none of that matters to them.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Limited Partner Bootstrapping Portfolio 60

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. Portfolio. (3). So were do we go from here?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. So why should I or we collectively care?

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188

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 66

Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Rather than integrating systems directly, all versions of all products integrate to a canonical format (Memphis for those of you following the metaphor), reducing the number of total integrations from n 2 to 2n-1. Today, only 8 months after launch, the SnapStore has 63 supported snaps representing around 2000 integrations.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Memphis Software Review Software 77

Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2013

In a down economy where so many need cash to jumpstart dreams and policy deferring to big business, it’s not an easy to manage a portfolio. I used to joke that ASPs (remember that term) were the mom and pop businesses of the late 90’s early 2000’s. I am sure there are constant calls.

Lean 146

Lean Stock Portfolio Email 146

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

With the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, risk-averse investors wanted to invest in more than just a business plan – they wanted to see real customers and real revenue before they stumped up the money. Investors scaled back in early-stage investments and used those funds to help current portfolio companies get through the bad economy.

Community 162

Community United States Colorado Social Media 162

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2010

You also have more to put in your portfolio, even if the client didn’t pick it (sigh!). It’s kinda pathetic to put an unselected text entry into your portfolio, isn’t it? Please shoot me (at least I own other Apple products). I do have my design portfolio online at www.maximilian.us , but who ever goes there?

Jacksonville 71

Jacksonville West Virginia Design Brunei 71

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Second, a portfolio of investments, even in angel investing, is a great approach. It is not highly concentrated geographically, or in the bubble of 1998-2000, or in any industry. However, once investors had a portfolio of at least six investments, their median return exceeded 1X. It is risky.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Pragmatic cost cuts are always possible and often productive.” In our portfolio, we generally don’t have this problem because we aren’t big fans of either (a) overfunding companies or (b) escalating burn rates based on headcount. I learned this lesson 127 times between 2000 and 2005. It’s simply not true.

Cap Table 70

Cap Table Down Round Liquidation Preference Founder 70

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. Software Helps companies rapidly convert unstructured online data and content into structured data assets that can be used to create new products, revenue Streams, and enhance current online data sets. 406 Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225