BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. The 10 year bull market where every company’s revenue chart is up and to the right is over.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. I believe that.

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

I am seriously babbling like everyone else did in 2001, 2008 and now again in 2011. Make your customers happy, especially the ones generating the majority of your revenues. No matter what, stay focussed on generating revenues. . Just as you may be out renegotiating things, your customers and partners are thinking similarly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2020

The Economic Antidote to COVID-19 Eric Ries & Ryan Beck In 2001, Apple's revenue fell by 33% in the depths of the dotcom bust. As revenue contracts, orders slow, and capital markets freeze, conventional wisdom drives business leaders to cut costs and shy away from new projects. The rest is history.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. We work with like-minded partners who also want to help your businesses succeed by providing the best tools and content for the job. Monitor stats and campaign reports.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 18, 2010

One of the attributes of great entrepreneurs is that they are tenacious and relentless. Here’s our story: We started like most entrepreneurs — an idea, an opportunity, and very little money. Focus on revenue from day one. Temptation to focus on growth and worry about revenue later. Make Money or Take Money?

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt. I love that.

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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. Africa Entrepreneur Insider News' But somehow Lagos works.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 14, 2011

It’s an emotion most of us feel for different things – but that can be deadly and dangerous for an entrepreneur to feel about business. Being willing, even eager, to embrace and adapt to change is a serious competitive edge for any entrepreneur. Smart entrepreneurs will always adapt and compete efficiently.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

This meant that I had to either show enough revenue, or find investors who would be willing to put money into the company. Besides I was a young, first-time entrepreneur at the age of 23. I got my greencard approval in 2001, a few months after 9/11. Raising money in Pittsburgh was not going to be easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. Resilience is one of the tell tale signs of an entrepreneur. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

” and trying to pass that on to a next generation of entrepreneurs but also to myself. The rest will hopefully die because the partners don’t even have time to engage with 100 companies. I dropped out of college in 2001, so this would be 17 years in. I don’t get it. 17, 18 years at Moz? Rand Fishkin: Yeah.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. It refers to this specific, new group of young, low-revenue companies for whom some of the SOX reporting regulations will no longer apply.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Such comparisons can only be made for companies at the same stage of development, in this case, for pre-revenue startup ventures.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each entrepreneur and brand. business #entrepreneur #startup #story #why #ceo #ceoblognation #CEOs #hearpreneur. Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. I lived through this again September 2001. We ended up agreeing a term sheet for $16.5 Grind wisely.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

On the book is Thomas Weisel Partners, William Blair, Needham, Pacific Crest, and Wachovia. From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. In fact, during the last 3 fiscal years for the company, it did $6.4mm, $10mm, and then $15mm in revenue. million, $0.9 million and $1.8

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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. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they came up with their business name. #1- We knew that we wanted our new consulting firm to focused on improving customers top line revenue growth. That’s it, let’s call our company Revenue Storm! Thanks to LaVon Koerner, Revenue Storm ! #5- Thanks to James R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. There were none in the firm, so I remember asking him if he knew of any general partners who were women in the Boston area. I've been in venture now twice.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. I am obsessed with entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2014

Look for companies that make the Best Places to Work lists and are industry leaders in revenue per employee. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. When you find both in one company, you’ll have a highly productive workforce. Employees endorse the company.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

An accounting firm based in Santa Monica, CA, specializing in bankruptcy, from 2001 to 2003. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. Corporate Partners. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Show Links.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Donna Leyens is an entrepreneur and a Certified Professional Business Coach. She started her first business, a handmade jewelry company, in 2001, where she learned that an MBA doesn’t even begin to prepare you for life as an entrepreneur. – 80% of your revenue or profit comes from 20% of your clients.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

He is a venture partner at True Ventures. It is still hard for me to think of myself as anyone other than a teller of other people’s stories, but some entrepreneur friends have nudged me to share what I have learned as a founder. I’m a young entrepreneur and wholeheartedly believe in the lessons you’ve posted here.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

A lot of entrepreneurs think they need piles of money to make their startup a success, but that’s not always the case. In October of 2001, Webster, McCarthy, and Graff decided to do just that and GoldStar was born. Today, Goldstar works directly with 4,000 venue partners to connect them with their huge and growing audience.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 44% 2001-2019 13.7% IPO market. double the rate of the prior year, 103 of those being venture-backed companies. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1%

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