BeyondVC
JANUARY 3, 2019
Privacy engineering rules: We can’t go a week without a new data breach or privacy violation; Marriott, Google, Facebook and more. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. Either you’re a mega fund or an early stage fund, being caught in the middle is a place you don’t want to be.
K9 Ventures
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again.
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Austin Startup
JUNE 27, 2017
Valuations in startups increased dramatically during the Dot Com boom and then both valuations and the availability of investment capital nationally collapsed in 2001 with the Dot Com bust and 9/11. Entrepreneurs with early stage companies typically look for local funding before going out of region to pursue other funding sources.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
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. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. Their first call is often into one of the above or the many other successful early stage investors including Marc Andreessen, Jeff Clavier or Mike Maples.
rapidrollout.wordpress.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? For one thing, you’ll learn from his mistakes.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Posted by: Atlanta Search Engine Optimization | April 16, 2008 at 07:38 AM. what your rights are.
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