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. Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Survival is the order of the day.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. Who says Austin can’t do B2C now ? HomeAway is another one of our five tech IPOs in the last five years. But I digress?—?this

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

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. Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Survival is the order of the day.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Around this time B2C eCommerce had been dominating the media but the wheels were starting to come off. I sat next to Irwin Jacobs (founder of Qualcomm) on a bus ride. There was talk of an IPO in 12 months. 2001-2004 were very humbling but we built a real company. million … yes that was seed in 1999!) We were hot.

South Africa 310

South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310