Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

That changed in 2001, however, and GoDaddy.com quickly grew. In 2005, GoDaddy.com became the world’s largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the internet. GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org. I had kept a personal blog for more than a year and was new at keeping a professional blog.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 3, 2011

In the tech industry, the great Internet bubble inflated between 1999 and 2000 and deflated (or popped) in 2001. I remember it well as 2001 was easily the most challenging year of my business life. So, in hindsight, the great Internet bubble of 2001 was very powerful and useful to me, even though it was very painful.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again. That company merged with another company in Boston and grew to about 80 people and was acquired in 2005. We grew it to just under 20 people and were acquired at the height of the bubble in 2000.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

At the beginning of Bazaarvoice in 2005, the market risk was whether or not we could convince retailers to embrace both the positive?—?and If it wasn’t for a fierce conversation that I had with Arthur Patterson, the co-founder of Accel Partners, Coremetrics would have gone out of business in early 2001. and negative?—?voice

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

I’ve worked with Lucy since 2005 and she’s done more advancing the cause of engaging women in IT, computer science, and entrepreneurship than anyone I know. When she retired from Avaya Labs in 2001, she was CTO, R&D Vice President and Bell Labs Fellow and had about 600 people reporting to her.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al.,

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

We have an entire generation of startup founders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005. Some companies have to go first. Others will follow. But many of us have been there. It’s not fun. But it’s necessary.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2013

The bill’s sponsors note that between 1980 and 2005, firms five years old or younger were responsible for all net new job creation in the United States. Those federal programs would be made whole by transfers from general revenues. Few economists or policymakers would doubt the importance of startups in today’s economy.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

This 2005 documentary is an examination of the 2001 collapse of energy giant Enron, and details the dark side of actual business. ” But on the morning of December 2, 2001, Enron declared bankruptcy. The Smartest Guys in the Room.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Member since 01/2005. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. December 2010. Blog powered by TypePad. Assistant Edge. « Lawyers and CPAs Blogging | Main. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. They looked like a sure winner.

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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 By 2005, it became clear that more people were reading GigaOm than they were reading my then employer, Business 2.0. you inspired me back in 2005 to look hard into blogging as a serious business venture.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

After I graduated in 2001, I remember it seeming impossible to feel the same way about living in New York City. That''s why I''ve been seeking ways to return to the small, familiar groups I used to experience back in 2005-2008. Being intensely involved in community life there made the campus seem small and familiar.

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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.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

When I attended between 1998-2001, there were a few course on entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial strategy, etc.), In 2005, he and Keywell started Echo Global Logistics, a business-to-business online logistics and trucking firm that they took public in 2008. but I don’t recall courses on internet strategy.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. The answer is, they couldn't make any money trading, [or on] giving analyst support for small stocks because the spread got too small.". The spread he's talking about is the decimalization of the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

In 2005 the marketers at drink brand Snapple, had a great idea: let’s build the world’s largest popsicle! In September of 2001, New Yorkers were shocked by the low-flying arrival of two jumbo jets over lower Manhattan. Here are 5 legendary examples of PR efforts gone horribly, terrible, awfully wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Kenyatta Cheese. Lynne Johnson. Matt Haughey. Maura Johnston. Natalie Podrazik. Rafe Colburn. Sasha Frere-Jones. Susan Crawford.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/31/2005: 22.8. 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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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

He began as part of Salt Lake Citys Wasatch Venture Fund (now Epic Ventures ), an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, in March of 2001. Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. We thought readers might like to know more about this interesting player in the tech community. "I Worse, I think its a dangerous idea to promote."

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, we achieved positive operating cash flows of $0.3 million for 2005, $3.0

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/30/2001: 26.3 3/31/2005: 22.8 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 3/31/2003: 44.6

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

" I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. Your website was created in 1996, updated slightly in 2001, and left to rot ever since. Now switching to something a bit more near and dear to my heart, analytics "crimes against humanity" 8. The 10/90 rule. People matter. " 19.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. After 17 years, we are the fourth largest (and fastest growing) supply chain planning and optimization company in the world. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Do the same old rules from 2005 still apply? ” These charts are similar, demonstrating that the homepage really hasn’t changed much since 2001. In 2001, 45% of the screen was useful (content, navigation, or logo/tagline). It’s likely one of your most visited pages, acting as a proverbial launch pad.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

When I pulled out the May 30, 2005 issue with Real Estate Gold Rush on the cover and posting the question "Inside the hot-money work of housing speculators, condo-flippers, and get-rich-quick schemers. Those that managed companies in 2008 or thirteen years ago in 2001 know exactly how fear feels. Is it too late to get in?"

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In October of 2001, Webster, McCarthy, and Graff decided to do just that and GoldStar was born. Founders Paul Farnell, Matthew Brindley, and David Smalley started Litmus in 2005 with a used computer and $800 dollars. They were able to get the company off of the ground by focusing on their solution for popular undersold shows.

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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. 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.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The concept is not new – Bryan Eisenberg discussed this already in 2005 when he wrote about website scent trails. The concept of scent really began in 2001 , when a Xerox Palo Alto Researcher, Dr. Ed Chi, reported that the way humans track information is not unlike the way that animals track food. What Is “Scent” Anyway?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002. In 2005 our no-longer-startup was bought for $350 Million, making many millionaires of the original employees and investors. Your analogies are flawed as it shows both your lack of understanding of.NEt and even the fast food business. Michael Chan.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2012

A study on sex in the movies - that examined more than 900 films released between 2001 and 2005 - concluded that nudity and explicit sex scenes don’t translate to success for major motion pictures. billion, up from $1 billion in 2005. Of course, these surveys were asking people how they would behave. People rarely know.

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