Mindbody Software started in 2001 in what looks like a tiny niche: appointment scheduling for yoga and Pilates studios. million in financing. But related outlets like dance and martial-arts studios bring its potential market to a million businesses around the world. In 2009, it hit #370 on the Inc. 500 list and took in $5.6 MORE >>

But if you can apply lean to hiring, sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and everything else, you will be rewarded with a fast, nimble company. We shuttered Flatiron in 2001 and I took over the entire portfolio with the help of Jerry and Bob. I've been reading Eric's book which I am very much enjoying. That's it. MORE >>

Today is Finance Friday and post #2 has been drafted by the Finance Friday team from University of Chicago Booth and is waiting for my edits. In 1999, 2000, and 2001 I had a my.yahoo.com page up with a bunch of stocks, including a number of companies I was an investor in, as my home page. that caused me to say “right on.&# MORE >>

They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. often tell people that raising money is worse than getting married. MORE >>

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet  bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. MORE >>