rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! If you’ve begun the process of raising capital, ask the angels or venture capital partners to recommend technologists who consult on a part-time basis. Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Perhaps the more failures, the better?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. Many startups were funded on growth alone and this is the year that efficient growth plays a huge part in determining who the next winners will be.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Posted by Steve on April 07, 2008 at 12:57 AM | Permalink. Blog powered by TypePad. Assistant Edge.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

First, the National Venture Capital Association has published data revealing that over 90% of the jobs created by venture-backed companies occur AFTER they go public—and this relationship holds over the past 40 years. The median age of a venture-backed company at the time of its IPO has increased from 4.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?&#. It’s a tricky question with no clear answer. There are trade offs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. Total raised: $30mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. 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.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 24, 2014

And the venture capital firms that pulled back in 1996 missed the best three years of return in the history of venture capital industry. Those that managed companies in 2008 or thirteen years ago in 2001 know exactly how fear feels. Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Investing'

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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. At least later stage investors.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. After the dot.com bubble collapsed, venture investors spent the next three years doing triage, sorting through the rubble to find companies that weren’t bleeding cash and could actually be turned into businesses. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. The New Exits.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Why do so many companies fail?

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember writing a blog post in 2008, post-financial crash, on how the recession was going to re-vitalize the city’s tech startup community, which would eventually help diversify the NYC economy. I helped launch NYCSeed in 2008 in response to the lack of seed funding available in NYC.

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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. It''s My Life Venture Capital & Technology' If we had 15 people with us, it was a lot.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008. ► 2008. (14).

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’d differentiate this from what we saw in 2008 in the private markets where prices contracted – in some cases relatively dramatically – but where there wasn’t a true bubble bursting in the way we saw in 2001.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2015

In the Internet bubble, while I kept this lesson in the back of my mind, I ended up suspending disbelief, like so many others, in 2000 and into the spring of 2001. You don’t have to look very far to see some remarkable companies that survived and transcended the Internet bubble collapsing in 2001. Oil prices do not go up forever.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. I discussed it in my post on the topic linked above. ** One small note: many VCs who got into the industry in 2001 or later have never seen a “carry&# check. Answer: Not much. It’s a shame.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. December 10th, 2008 | Becoming a Better Developer Building your startup? Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them. at 3:47 pm [.]

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. I lived through this again September 2001. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. I am not a fan of frothy markets – I believe accurately valued companies at all stages lead to a healthier market for investors and entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

On a panel that I sat on with Ron in LA in 2008 he stated that there were no circumstances in which the founder should take money off of the table. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I believe this is wrong.

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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. Venture capital flows. A basic driver for a private technology market bubble is the over-supply of venture capital into the sector. If too much venture capital hits the streets, valuations will bubble up.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

I've been in venture now twice. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. I was in Boston, working for the first time in venture capital as an analyst for this guy who was incredible and an amazing mentor. How do you develop power within a venture capital firm?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Those that managed companies in 2008 or thirteen years ago in 2001 know exactly how fear feels. In 2008, I made an investment offer of $250K for approximately 38% of the company ($400,000 pre-money valuation). bubble IPO unicorn valuation venture capital' And this is not it." For Lyft, it is much more painful.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. 2008) [iv]. Acquirer/ Investor.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 2001: Decimalization (further loss of economics to provide market support for small companies), by reducing minimum commissions from 12.5 i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. cents or 6.25

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

– Need venture capital. This article was originally written in May 2001, revised extensively in January 2011 and again October 2011. The Ohio TechAngels adapted this valuation methodology in 2008 to meet their needs and named it the Bill Payne Method. Key partners in place. Need for additional rounds of funding.

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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. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

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. Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. annual GMV. SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2011

S ure, Israel is known the ‘Startup Nation’, but judging by the actual venture capital investments raised by Israeli startups in the last decade, Israel looks more like a continent. Billion dollars in the period of 2001-2010, says Globes in an article published today. Israeli startups have raised $11.1

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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. Founded in 2008, GitHub offers public and private source code hosting to companies and open source projects using either git or subversion. How’d they do it? How’d they do it?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. Jeff built the first version of StackOverflow with a bunch of old colleagues, and it launched in August of 2008. He then went on to work at Viacom and Juno in NYC.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Our ventures, in turn, have raised over $2 million in external funding.”. Takwin is a venture capital fund and incubator, making early-stage investments in hi-tech companies run by Arab entrepreneurs in Israel. Sadara VC – “The only VC focused on investing in Palestinian-linked tech companies.”. Takwin Labs.

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