Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. And it may work. IPOs dried up.
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.
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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. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. Carpe Diem. Breathtaking Scale.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. 5 million raised at a $9 million pre-money valuation or 35.7% How do you push valuation? They get the PR bump. What might future markets hold in terms of valuations? Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t.
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. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Graham liked the idea. Will yours be next?
Agile VC
JANUARY 21, 2015
Not every round of funding is closed at a “monster” valuation. But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH! Communicating with Your Team.
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