The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Well, here is a comprehensive list of 10 of the most successful investors of the last 10 years. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick. He was 14 years old at the time.

Cofounder 141

Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 141

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Survival is the order of the day.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

You see, it was for work I’d performed from 2001–2003 at a startup called Linden Lab, the company behind virtual world Second Life. Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. Earlier this week a modest deposit appeared in my checking account, one I honestly never expected.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Equity Vesting Cofounder 83

Feld Thoughts

MAY 17, 2016

In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. My whole world blew up in 2001. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. I woke up one morning in February 2003 and decided to spend a little time each day pretending like I had quit Mobius. In March 2003 I fully engaged in Mobius.

San Francisco 108

San Francisco Internet Portfolio New York 108

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Prior to starting his own firm in 2003, Seth worked at Biggs & Co., An accounting firm based in Santa Monica, CA, specializing in bankruptcy, from 2001 to 2003. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. CPA’s.

Video 60

Video SEC Bankruptcy Wisconsin 60

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At the time (2001), digital cameras were very much maligned by “real photographers&# , and certainly by the general public. By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. If it was good enough for 2001, it was good enough for 2007. I loved this product. The Curse of Love.

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Java Product Software Developers Software Development 66

Board Effect

APRIL 5, 2022

A couple of decades ago, in 2001, just over 3.5 By 2003, the numbers had dropped to 2.5 The following chart shows just how many ups and downs there have been. It’s clear that recessions have played a role in people quitting their jobs. . million Americans quit their jobs.

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Retention Texas New York Employee 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 1, 2014

1999 – 2001: Hard times ( credit card debt rising , no real plan for growth). 2001 – 2003: Focused times (starting to figure out how to build a business). 2003 – 2008: Fast times (doubled every year for 5 years). 1998 – 1999: Fun times (carefree, exploring our passion for web design).

Atlanta 61

Atlanta Entrepreneur Hosting Web 61

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

It’s currently at $42 / share so if I got the splits right, after its collapse in 2001 to a low of around $5 / share it took it 15 years to claw its way back to $42 / share (a 10x from the low, 40% of its high at the peak.). 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough. 2003 – 2012 was the climb to Enlightenment.

Merger 70

Merger Stock Internet America 70

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. I got an internship on the buy side at the GM pension fund in high school--in 1997.

Venture Capital 110

Venture Capital Stock Naming Technology 110

SiliconHills

JULY 9, 2015

CSO Research, which makes undergraduate career service software and founded in Austin in 2001, has merged with MBA Focus, based in Dublin, Ohio. MBA Focus, founded in 2003, provides graduate business school career service software and recruitment technology. It works with more than 2,000 companies and students at 75 graduate schools.

Austin 48

Austin Ohio Software Technology 48

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 15, 2013

It was at that time that I reconnected with Raj De Datta, a fantastically talented repeat entrepreneur with whom I had gone to Harvard Business School from 2001-2003.

Mobile 141

Mobile SEO Cofounder Boston 141

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. 2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al., Introduction. 1995 ; De Lange et al.,

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Survival is the order of the day.

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. annual GMV.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.

Venture Capital 417

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet 417

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2013

During his tenure, Dean was intimately involved with nearly every major piece of tax legislation signed into law, including the 2001 and 2003 tax reconciliation bills and the JOBS bill in 2004 (corporate tax reform). Prior to joining alliantgroup, Dean was Senior Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

Small Business 145

Small Business United States Washington Startup 145

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). Principals of a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Community. Led By Entrepreneurs. Have A 20 Year Commitment.

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Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

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Stock Finance Marketing Valuation 150

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. Ann will be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in October about all of this and more. Let’s start off with how and why you helped found All Raise and what its mission is. I've been in venture now twice.

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Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

In 2003, he founded MJS Executive Search. She started her first business, a handmade jewelry company, in 2001, where she learned that an MBA doesn’t even begin to prepare you for life as an entrepreneur. In 2003, he founded MJS Executive Search. Despite those lean times, the new firm thrived from the start.

LLC 60

LLC Cofounder Search Lean 60

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 19, 2016

When I was at Reuters Venture Capital, for example, we worked like crazy to raise our second fund in the tech nuclear winter of 2001-2003 and kept believing, but there came a point when we flipped the switch and gave up. However, we need the switch when that irrational optimism stops serving us well.

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Venture Capital Metrics Sales Startup 60

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. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

The Entrepreneurial Mind

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The president keeps promising to push his agenda for higher energy costs, few believe the healthcare bill will actually help them, and there is huge uncertainty about the fate of the 2001 and 2003 tax rates. Deficits are at trauma level, incomprehensible to the average citizen.

Small Business 58

Small Business Washington Government Hiring 58

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

Its latest survey calls for an increase of 2% spending for 2003 versus a December 2002 survey which forecasted a decline of 1.1% for 2003 spending. That being said, the October 2003 survey forecasts spending growth of only 1.3% for 2004, down from an August 2003 spending survey forecast of 2.3% growth for 2004.

Forecast 60

Forecast Software Review Portfolio Security 60

dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

By way of context: It took me 28 years (from summer fo 1975 til December of 2003) and at least four close encounters to see what seems to me so obvious after the fact. If your ideas are any good, youll have to ram them down peoples throats." � Howard Aiken. irregulator. | May 10, 2010 6:11 PM. Kenyatta Cheese. Lynne Johnson. Matt Haughey.

NDA 52

NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 24, 2014

Those that managed companies in 2008 or thirteen years ago in 2001 know exactly how fear feels. What was it in 2003? Although we may have not reached the level of observing obvious greediness, there is most certainly an absence of fear. And this is not it. There is another way to think about identifying bubbles. And what is it today?

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Employee Internet 74

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This Seattle-based agency has been “creating kick-ass brands since 2001,” according to its website. Founded by friends Marc Català and Pablo Juncadella in 2003, the company grew quickly and now has offices in five cities around the world. The company was joined by logo designer Sagi Haviv in 2003. Urban Influence.

San Francisco 86

San Francisco Design New York City New York 86

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. It became a social activity. 8-miler in Munich with the CEO of a company we were trying to buy.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Its chaos and insanity melds into a working city that was predicted by the architect Rem Koolhaas (with the Harvard Project on the City) in the 2001 book Mutations when he said that Lagos was a city of the future and one that Western cities would eventually base themselves on. But somehow Lagos works. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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Nigeria Africa Reputation Email 148

Hunter Walker

JULY 24, 2018

Caveats: this was 2001-2003 for me so some memories might be hazy or inaccurate, and although I’m writing this post, I’m not taking “credit” for the underlying work done. It was so much fun reminiscing about what we observed that I wanted to document some stuff here.

Design 62

Design San Francisco Audio Community 62

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. You’ll find out the minimum when the next round is raised.

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Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2011

Mental Floss went national in 2001 when the founders scraped together enough money to put 8,000 copies on newsstands. In 2003, actress Courteney Cox brought a copy to the set of “Friends&# and the publication made a cameo on the sitcom.

Cleveland 34

Cleveland LLC Distribution Media 34

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I had been writing GigaOM (the blog) since December 2001, but in 2003, I started working on a piece for Business 2.0 Here is the TL:DR version in case you are pressed for time. STARTING IT UP. Photo courtesy of Scott Beale of Laughing Squid.

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Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/31/2003: 44.6. If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/1999: 49.7. 3/31/2000: 73.4. 3/29/2002: 82.5.

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Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78