VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2022

this year in comparison to the previous one, the third-highest decline seen in recent times behind the global financial crisis’ 7.8% In terms of TVPI, the total value to paid-in ratio used by fund managers to evaluate a fund’s performance, the median dropped 3.5% drop and dot-com crash’s 15.7% Pitchbook.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.”

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 VisionSpring was founded in 2001 with the goal of reaching and providing affordable, quality glasses to the 2.5 The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2013

by Elisha Tan, founder of Learnemy. Boyd Au is the co-founder of Enzer Corporation Ltd with over 25-years proven track record in entrepreneurship. He started his business from scratch and grew it into a public-listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2001. So what do you do? You can enroll for the seminar here.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 VisionSpring was founded in 2001 with the goal of reaching and providing affordable, quality glasses to the 2.5 The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23.

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

Robert is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency, and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. Listen to Nudge wherever you get your podcasts. (00:47):

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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. COVID-19 has driven the global economy into the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression. Among them are likely the founders of our country’s next great businesses. The rest is history.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. We recently led a large seed round for an autonomous vehicle company called Optimus Ride.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Globalization. Follow us on Twitter.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since collaboration and innovation are a must in the global economy, effective teamwork is vital. Nest Labs founder Tony Fadell said, “If you don’t have an emotionally engaging design, no one will care.”. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Most recently, I met up with one of the founders of the Arbor Brewing company, Rene Greff. The Arbor Brewing company also has a microbrewery and has recently established global presence in India. Were you worried that you may not be able to control your global brand experiences? Our microbrewery began in 2001.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

When I attended between 1998-2001, there were a few course on entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial strategy, etc.), Booth has announced a course called Building Interet Strartups: Risk, Reward, and Failure and it is being taught by two of Groupon’s co-founders.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. I’m an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete. Image Credit: Lori Cheek.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

How founders cope with startup challenges was the focus of today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. And world-class entrepreneurs never quit. Jessica Mah.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

” The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Awards Gala Dinner was first established in 2001 by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) and has remained the only forum to highlight the achievements of Asian Americans business professionals across the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The data says otherwise) it was indicated that, according to global investment firm Cambridge Associates, the failure rate for startups has not exceeded 60 % since 2001, based on the monitoring of venture capital investments of 27,259 startups between 1990 and 2010. The disagreement between founders, teams, and investors.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). Startups are not immune to globalization and can accelerate growth if thinking globally from launch.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

I began my career at McKinsey and when the Internet bubble burst in 2001, I made a shift towards online software (ASP at the time). We are a global VC, therefore we’re competing — and at the same time partnering! — with Mobile will drive new use cases. Do you consider yourself as competing with US VCs for SaaS startups?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2019

He was voted one of the Top 10 Organizational Culture Gurus in the world and is CEO and founder of the Best Practice Institute. The Best Practice Institute is a think tank and solutions incubator founded in 2001. It’s won a number of awards and includes more than 42,000 ranking managers from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 brands.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Stock Quotes.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. The founders eventually created custom cereal boxes to raise funds so they could continue to operate. 5- Jack Ma founder of Alibaba. Well done Reed!

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

million—than at any point since 2001. You’re talking about a generation that has seen what happened with their parents and Enron, and what happened in 2009 and 2010—the traditional workforce eroding before our eyes,” says YEC founder Scott Gerber. A global rethinking of economic growth amid mounting environmental concerns.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

And I guess it seems appropriate that I’m writing this post from Edinburgh, Scotland here at TED Global. And speaking of capitalism, George Papandreou’s, the former Prime Minister of Greece and the poster child for the European economic crisis, TED Global talk is already live. I saw this movie in Silicon Valley?

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? Fred Ehrsam , his co-founder, is also incredible.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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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. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

Already, thousands of people had started creating their own globally accessible web pages focused on whatever they wanted. To put everything I’d learned through my SocialNet experience into another shot on goal as a founder. PayPal was one of the few companies that survived this era, and in 2001, eBay acquired us.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. However, we believe in looking at companies first and evaluating them against the thesis the founders articulate, vs. going in with a thesis and looking for companies that fit the thesis. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors. May 3, 2009.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

He began at Gundersen Partners, LLC, then moved to Heidrick and Struggles, where he became a principal in the Global Consumer Practice. 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.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

Herb Kelleher, our founder, led the way clearly — although I don’t think he knew what the expression servant leadership meant until we told him. Covey, cofounder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice, author of “ The Speed of Trust “, and coauthor of “ Smart Trust “).

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2018

The Brandless founders recognized that even a $3 price tag isn’t affordable for everyone, and so they built a social mission directly into their core business model. Manon Herzog, a global brand strategist and co-founder of Herzog & Schindler , elaborates on this idea. Does anyone remember Webvan ?

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

This is a guest post by Marc Andreessen, co-founder and General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. President of Harvard from 2001 to 2006. Third, Larry’s deep insight into global economics and geopolitics will be highly useful to our companies that intend to expand globally—which is to say, all of them.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

With population reaching 7B, food shortages around the world, deforestation accelerating global warming — there simply is no way we can continue to increase the carbon foot print and sustain the human species in the next 100-200 years. We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002. Michael Chan.

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