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APRIL 27, 2010
Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue.
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DECEMBER 18, 2009
This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. And for all of this we had no dilution and paid no money. million in recurring revenue of which $600k came from Germany. We were going to avoid the embarrassment of being a total dot com flame out. We signed deals worth $1.2 But we did $2.1
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FEBRUARY 25, 2010
But we weren’t optimizing for dilution – we were building a $1 billion+ company and we wanted the runway to succeed. I lived through this again September 2001. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. I lived through this again September 2001.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary.
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. 44% 2001-2019 13.7% First, as the below chart shows, IPO pops are not a new phenomenon.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Your A round?
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MARCH 11, 2010
But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). - Your revenue will take longer to ramp then you think. .&# If it works you’re a hero. add a buffer. that is the correct amount to raise.
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