Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

Corporates so often try to innovate yet fail and end up buying startups at ridiculously high prices and further, fail miserably at post-merger integration. . There are already so many of those and being old enough, I saw the massacre that happened to these endeavours post 2001.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. With the bubble mantra of “get big fast,” the repeatable methodology became “brand, hype, flip or IPO&#.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2015

In contrast, I’ve known and worked with Matt since 2001 when I first invested in his company Return Path (well – it’s a little more complicated than just an investment – see my post Return Path Launches Email Intelligence from 2012 where I recounted some of the story.).

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Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

Corporates so often try to innovate yet fail and end up buying startups at ridiculously high prices and further, fail miserably at post-merger integration. . There are already so many of those and being old enough, I saw the massacre that happened to these endeavours post 2001.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

After leaving Razorfish in 2001, Craig spent a year immersed in food, including a stint as a prep cook at Babbo, Mario Batali’s flagship restaurant. After the merger people were asking, “Why am I working for these people now? In hindsight, the culture) mattered a huge amount. I don’t get them.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. In short, small companies aren't entering the IPO state because they had no desire to be independent in the first place.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We had been working on a merger between BuildOnline and a competitor called iScraper. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. .&# (quote via David Fishman ). My own personal resiliency story. There was only once in my career where I actually thought that I was going to go bankrupt.

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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. Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017). annual GMV.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

The investors of our competitor agreed to a merger and we were going to raise $15 million between the two companies. Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. And at the 11th hour they pulled out. We were weeks from bankruptcy. It became a social activity.

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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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