The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. He founded an apparel company in 2012 and it has been quite successful. 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.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will also be my last venture capital deal.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. Importantly as well, the positive implications of the 2012 JOBS Act cannot be understated.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Casumo is an online casino where the whole experience is gamified The site started in 2012 with an adventure where you travel to different places and planets, gain experience and can get valuable rewards as you level-up. A humble beginning should not hinder one from progressing and achieving success. It made £1.5bn in 2015.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 8, 2015

A: After I became depressed for the second time, in my mid-30s — in 2001 just after Sept. The last three months of 2001 were awful for me after an 18-month stretch from the peak of the Internet bubble — spring 2000 through Sept. Q: When did you start to be so open about it? 11 through the end of the year.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

In recognition of his phenomenal vision and execution, BEA named Alfred its new Chief Executive Officer in October 2001. On the surface, an excellent outcome, but in 2012 Oracle will exceed that number in annual revenue from the BEA product family. Alfred’s tiny, expensive acquisition became the company and the company became great.

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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. 2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

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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.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. The number of deals in Technology, Media and Telecommunications more than doubled in 2011 over the previous five years and slowed back down dramatically in 2012. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

As you know, I started a company in 2012 focused on the question of open banking. Dan Kimerling: In 2011 and 2012, I was working at a startup doing payment processing. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. Ultimately, I believe that the idea my collaborators and I developed turned out to be correct.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Updated July 10, 2012, 7:57 p.m. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% A version of this article appeared July 11, 2012, on page B1 in the U.S. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Asia Edition.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2021

Published in early 2001, Positioning remains as relevant and actionable now as it was then. Unconscious Branding by Douglas Van Praet (2012). The mind, as a defense against the volume of today’s communications, screens and rejects much of the information offered. – Al Ries. – Douglas Van Praet.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. The number of deals in Technology, Media and Telecommunications more than doubled in 2011 over the previous five years and slowed back down dramatically in 2012. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011.

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Exclusive: Returns for brand-name VC funds By Dan Primack August 20, 2012: 12:15 PM ET. FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. Crosslink Ventures IV (2001): 246% (104%).

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2015

In contrast, I’ve known and worked with Matt since 2001 when I first invested in his company Return Path (well – it’s a little more complicated than just an investment – see my post Return Path Launches Email Intelligence from 2012 where I recounted some of the story.).

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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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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

After leaving Razorfish in 2001, Craig spent a year immersed in food, including a stint as a prep cook at Babbo, Mario Batali’s flagship restaurant. He founded Mouth in 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The data says otherwise) it was indicated that, according to global investment firm Cambridge Associates, the failure rate for startups has not exceeded 60 % since 2001, based on the monitoring of venture capital investments of 27,259 startups between 1990 and 2010. Data Says Otherwise. Why do so many companies fail?

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Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

This led me to start thinking about so many questions we received regarding Liquid Labs, which Michael Backes and I founded back in early 2012. There are already so many of those and being old enough, I saw the massacre that happened to these endeavours post 2001. So why do we do it?

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entrepreMusings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Life of Pi (the movie, released in 2012) was made from a book written by Yann Martel in 2001. A movie and a book intersected in my life recently with stories about how God is experienced and perceived by us humans throughout the ages.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Upon its release, their design for the London 2012 Olympic games was infamously compared to something accidentally dropped, a puerile mess, a health hazard, and even cartoon character Lisa Simpson playing her saxophone. This Seattle-based agency has been “creating kick-ass brands since 2001,” according to its website. Urban Influence.

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Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

This led me to start thinking about so many questions we received regarding Liquid Labs, which Michael Backes and I founded back in early 2012. There are already so many of those and being old enough, I saw the massacre that happened to these endeavours post 2001. So why do we do it?

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001. With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. Market Cap.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The circa 2001 movie about the meteoric crash of govworks.com? The circa 2001 movie about the meteoric crash of govworks.com? October 2012. Its axiomatic that a bunch of bright people can dream up any number of ideas for startups. Remember Startup.com ? Remember Startup.com ? Signup for email updates. Enter your Email.

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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 From the day I started till very recently (aka December 31, 2012), I can literally count the days when I have slept solid eight hours. Here is the TL:DR version in case you are pressed for time. STARTING IT UP.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/30/2012: 15.5. 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. 3/31/2004: 31.6. 3/31/2005: 22.8. 3/31/2006: 22.8. 3/30/2007: 22.6. 3/31/2008: 19.1. 3/31/2009: 14.5. 3/31/2010: 18.8. 3/31/2011: 15.4.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When I actually started my PR firm in 2001, I had the name and the LLC already, so that’s what I went with, and in 2009 we rebranded to simply be The Eisen Agency. It was early January of 2012 (about five years ago) that celebrity musicians Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated the birth of their first child Blue Ivy. The rest is history!

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

About The Captain Recruiter Team Location: Downtown San Francisco 2001 Van Ness Ave Suite 411 San Francisco 94109 +1 415.418.7156 Email Us :). ► 2012. (3). Reply Delete Add comment Load more. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To. Big Companies. Programming. Recruiting Events. Relocating.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/30/2001: 26.3 3/30/2012: 15.5 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 3/31/2004: 31.6 3/31/2005: 22.8 3/31/2006: 22.8 3/30/2007: 22.6 3/31/2008: 19.1 3/31/2009: 14.5 3/31/2010: 18.8 3/31/2011: 15.4

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

And that was sort of the bread butter of how we started out but since we’ve formed in 2012, we’ve kind of expanded to do some things on the corporate wellness front. Under that umbrella, we do your standard group exercise classes, personal training and things like that. Matt Scanlon: Yeah. So, by nature it was wild west.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

When I sold the company in 2012 to HelloWorld, I spent a lot of time writing thank you notes. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) 4) Used to Reconnect. 17) Devastating Event.

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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. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

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. ► 2012. (1). Total amount raised fell from $7.5 billion to $5.5 billion quarter over quarter. First round median investment size fell to $3.8 million and $4.2 Newer Post.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In a study by Google in August of 2012 , researchers found that not only will users judge websites as beautiful or not within 1/50th – 1/20th of a second, but also that “visually complex” websites are consistently rated as less beautiful than their simpler counterparts. Much more “open” with whitespace.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 22, 2013

2012 was a milestone year in the consumer devices market. For the first time since 2001, PC sales were lower that they were the previous year. Webundies.com announced 2012 mobile commerce sales of $168,000, accounting for 5.4% For Webundies.com, mobile sales in 2012 increased a whopping 169,2% from 2011. of total sales.

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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. April 2012. March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. Your analogies are flawed as it shows both your lack of understanding of.NEt and even the fast food business. Michael Chan. March 27, 2011 at 7:14 pm. We were once a startup. August 2011.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

See, Mailchimp had already been around since 2001 and it took them from 7 years to reach their first 10,000 customers. million customers total) in 2012. million customers total) in 2012.

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