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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

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The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. The breakthrough here is how smaller online shops found a platform that helped them reach the global market and be a part of this new rising phenomenon. The Rise of Ecommerce. Marketing Channels.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.”

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

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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. Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global).

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. The chart below shows the company’s strong financial performance from 2009 to the present.

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Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson on VC Funding and "The Era of Cheap"

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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. IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). Number of U.S.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. 80% of IPO’s <$50MM. cents or 6.25

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.”