2001 Hiring Internet Lean 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
He just hired Meg Whitman. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. The Rise of the Lean Startup.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Carpe Diem. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.
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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! An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.
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.
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.
ReadWriteStart
AUGUST 26, 2022
He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. Can we squeeze out more from folks that we’ve hired, and are there things that maybe we have completely neglected? I like the get fit and lean in. Welcome, David.
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. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Have not met anyone I wanted to hire who was willing to work for equity. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean.
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