2001 Finance Internet Lean 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Or worse yet they may never get financed. If you are interested the Vimeo is here. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits! Have a cushion.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
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. Staying “lean&# is not an option.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. Warning sign? At best. ~
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.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 1, 2018
I personally bought the citibank.com URL and introduced the first internet-based online banking. This was during the internet explosion, so I’d say it was called the digital revolution 1.0. My role migrated over to that, and I was put on a task force to figure out how GE could begin to digitize itself and the industrial internet.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 26, 2012
stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. Once you put a lot of money in, you're no longer lean and flexible and kinkin' and jivin' and trying to figure it out," he says. Everything's better with the lean model. Two orders of magnitude.
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