YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

Without mass adoption of document management technology across compliance-centric industries such as finance, accounting, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, and human resources (industries vital to the lifeblood of the economy) digital data breaches and the un-secureness of paper-dependent processes will persist.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . As practitioners of high finance,” writes Ron Chernow in The House of Morgan, the Morgans: cultivate a discreet style. That was all most people knew.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . As practitioners of high finance,” writes Ron Chernow in The House of Morgan, the Morgans: cultivate a discreet style. That was all most people knew.

Customer 101

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And then I was mortified – Valleywag figured out which firm had treated me the worst and published their names.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is the focus for state and federal governments worldwide, many finding ways to reward innovators with tax incentives or investors with tax credits to finance innovative new enterprises. It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008.

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Artificial Inteligence United States Chicago Internet 62

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Exclusive: Returns for brand-name VC funds By Dan Primack August 20, 2012: 12:15 PM ET. FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. Crosslink Ventures IV (2001): 246% (104%). Finance jobs.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

More people than ever have taken the plunge to go self-employed; the number of self-employed workers has been increasing in the UK since 2001 — and they now account for around 15% of the working population. Make some calls, write those emails and start getting your name out there. Think through your finances. And who knows?

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Finance Portfolio Restful Demand 85

The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

The BAT pattern, which got its name from the bat-shaped product, was first identified by Scott Carney in 2001 and is made up of exact features that identify PRZs. The BAT Pattern. With this pattern, a BC retracement action will follow the first leg (XA).

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again. MK : Initial investments are typically around $400,000 to $500,000, typically part of a Pre-Seed round of financing. MK : I chose the name K9 for two reasons. I started my first company when I was 20.

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San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. The name of this startup was Flipkart and they started it with $6,500. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Well, here is a comprehensive list of 10 of the most successful investors of the last 10 years. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick. He was 14 years old at the time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley’s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there. Can you talk about how you went from finance marketing to the kinds of innovation projects GE started taking on eventually, which was when we first got acquainted?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

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. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Name and email address are required. Name is required to post a comment.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

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. One small hack – go to LinkedIn and do a search for the company name. For some reason most entrepreneurs do.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Cofounder Partner 288

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

Ultimately what will give you the best chance for success is focusing on the things that you can control – building a real business with a real economic model that can generate cash from internal operations vs. through external financing. As he discusses in his blog post: Why I decided to pull our IPO filing.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. We have in our partnership a gent by the name of Barry Fidelman who puts us all to shame with his intensity. We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. Warning sign?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Without naming the name of the companies, I clearly made two investments convinced of the product and that people would love it. Ultimately, money ran out again and this fund decided not to participate in a further financing round. Unfortunately I made the mistake of thinking I knew the customer or user. We never led rounds.

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Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

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.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. Investment advisors will ask you all about your finances, so be sure to also ask them about their own finances. Early Career in Real Estate .

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New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 107

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. To begin with, I'm curious about the company name and how you came up with it. He then said he had no attachment to the name and wanted to set up our partnership for success, so we started looking for another name.

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Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. On Describing His Current Work without Naming His Fund/Investments. This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. Dan has a B.A. That scares me.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

First Name. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Finance Jobs |. Why use your real name?

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Similarly, in recent high profile private financing rounds for private technology companies with valuations over $1B, the valuation multiples were at or below corresponding multiples for publicly traded companies such as Google. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. Public market comparables. Much better.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. Do you know the name of the cleaning person?

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Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In October of 2001, Webster, McCarthy, and Graff decided to do just that and GoldStar was born. The biggest issue that the four founders ran into was finding a suitable name for their company. Even though they started with $250,00 they used what is called “negative cash converting cycle financing.”

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Bootstrapping Startup Cofounder Salary 78

aweissman.com

APRIL 17, 2016

I’ve seen this before, as one of my first investments ever in 2000 was leading the first financing in SmarterChild , where that product and company faced many of these same questions. Given that it was 2000-2001, SmarterChild launched on the then dominant (only?) What did they see and do?

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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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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Most investors and other members of the American elite come from a homogeneous background: white, male, straight, Christian (or Jewish, at least in the finance industry), tall , handsome , physically fit, graduate of a select university, with American parents of upper middle class or higher socio-economic status.

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