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Emotional Lessons From the Collapse of the Internet Bubble

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That perfectly describes how 2001 felt to me. In 2001, I was on the board of four public companies (and was co-chairman of two of them which I had been a co-founder of.) By mid-2001 I think all of these stocks were sub-$1 sotcks and – if they weren’t – they would be soon. I know how the flowers felt.

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

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” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

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I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey.

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Pre-Order Startup CEO, The Newest Startup Revolution Book

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I’ve worked with Matt since 2001 when I joined Fred Wilson and Greg Sands on the board of Return Path. The founders knew each other well and were in a brutal competition in a market that didn’t yet exist. George Bilbrey, one of the Veripost founders, is the President. Fred was an investor in Return Path.

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Lessons From The Internet Bubble: Growth vs. Profitability

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Between the spring of 2000 and the end of 2001, I had the worst, most stressful, and most painful business period of my life. Instead, I, like many of my colleagues (investors, board members, founders, and CEOs), operated in a state of blissful denial until everything blew up. They are both worth reading right now.

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Every Generation Learns The Same Lessons

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I spent the weekend with a friend from the last 1990s who was the lead banker on the Interliant IPO (I was a co-founder and co-chairman.) My foundational moment, where I really learned the lesson, happened during the collapse of the Internet bubble in 2000 and 2001. My first moment with this was Black Monday in 1987.

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Bringing Depression Out of The Shadows In Startups

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A: After I became depressed for the second time, in my mid-30s — in 2001 just after Sept. The last three months of 2001 were awful for me after an 18-month stretch from the peak of the Internet bubble — spring 2000 through Sept. Q: When did you start to be so open about it? 11 through the end of the year.