Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Will these third parties produce something people will watch?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I had come from a world where I was nearly a partner at Accenture before starting my first company. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. It isn’t always necessary but it’s a mindset.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

” 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. Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs? This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2011

The digital native, a term first coined by Marc Prensky in his seminal article Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants in 2001 (and later a book called – Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning “), is today known by many names.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” each with partners as the lead. Where are Things Headed for VC in 2031?

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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. Partners leave the industry. VC will shrink.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

days in 2001-2003. Instead of visiting colleges, collecting resumes and arranging interviews, the consumer good giant made the jobs known via social media and then partnered with an A.I. Glassdoor reports that since 2009, interview processes have grown from 3.3 days on average in 2016 which is an increase from 19.3

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2023

My partners have another 50+. 2001 was a dreadful year for me. However, their GM% increased, and their GM$ stayed roughly the same as the prior year. Their EBITDA loss decreased by 50%, and FCF was close to $0 in Q422. I have 14 other stories from the companies in our portfolio that I’m responsible for. Each one is different.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

In 2001, I entered the publishing industry, figuring I could use the general services turnaround skills I had developed after B school in an industry in turmoil as a result of the internet and the changes. Thanks to Yaniv Masjedi, Nextiva ! #4- 4- My story in the publishing sector. Photo Credit: Joel Poznansky.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Karlgaard is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Upside magazine, Garage Technology Partners, and Silicon Valley’s premier public business forum, the 7,500-member Churchill Club.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. A good piece covering the contracting VC market is by Bill Gurley So partners at many firms are racing around to the limited number of pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, family offices, etc.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

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. For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

But if you want your employees to be partners, you’ve got to reinforce them when they act like partners. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. In other words, take notice when they display passion and motivation (grit) and initiative and guts (gumption).

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 Along with longtime partners like Warby Parker, Ella and the VisionSpring team are making it their priority to use their immense resources for this unprecedented fight. VisionSpring is no different. billion people worldwide who need them. .

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ConversionXL

JULY 15, 2020

In the marketing version of Agile, the execution team and partners develop an in-depth understanding of the customer first to make more informed decisions as they plan on the tactical level. To top it off, marketers even have their own Agile marketing manifesto , separate from the Agile manifesto created by software developers in 2001.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

But if you want your employees to be partners, you’ve got to reinforce them when they act like partners. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. In other words, take notice when they display passion and motivation (grit) and initiative and guts (gumption).

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Employee Leadership Balance Sheet Chicago 160

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick. He was 14 years old at the time. Sachin Bansal.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

Partner with a provider that will bring out the best as you continue with the journey. However, if you chose to work with a partner ensure they offer user-friendly front end, a gaming management system, payment module and access to betting markets and top events. The first move involves identifying a software provider.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 Along with longtime partners like Warby Parker, Ella and the VisionSpring team are making it their priority to use their immense resources for this unprecedented fight. VisionSpring is no different. billion people worldwide who need them. .

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Since 2001, financings that have produced a 10X+ returns have fluctuated some but remain modest. It’s as difficult today to find big winners as it was ten years ago and it remains just as important to find those deals if VC firms and their partners are to stay successful.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“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.” Premium-brand market leaders [.] Here are some things you can do. Learn from forced efficiency. “I recession in 2009.”.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

” Jerry was Fred Wilson ‘s partner at Flatiron Partners. It’s currently at $42 / share so if I got the splits right, after its collapse in 2001 to a low of around $5 / share it took it 15 years to claw its way back to $42 / share (a 10x from the low, 40% of its high at the peak.).

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2019

I’ve been involved in Return Path as an investor since 2001 when Return Path and Veripost merged as part of a funding done by Sutter Hill (Greg Sands), Flatiron Partners (Fred Wilson), and Mobius Venture Capital (me). I wrote the very long story in a post titled Return Path Acquires Netcreations in 2004.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

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. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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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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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

It took a while for me and my partner Dave Jilk to decide to do it, but we closed the sale in November 1993. From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. Soon after, Len called me and asked if I’d be interested in selling Feld Technologies to Sage Alerting.

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

I am seriously babbling like everyone else did in 2001, 2008 and now again in 2011. Just as you may be out renegotiating things, your customers and partners are thinking similarly. If you're a private investor in stocks, you better get ready for a financial beating unless you sold everything a couple weeks ago. . This is nothing new.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 8, 2015

And how hard was it to explain it to your partners and your peers? The only people I talked openly about it with was my business partner, Dave Jilk, and my girlfriend — now wife — Amy Batchelor. A: After I became depressed for the second time, in my mid-30s — in 2001 just after Sept. A: Initially it was extremely hard.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2019

My partner Dave was vice president. We were partners and the titles demarcated something that might have been useful, but I remember that we behaved like partners. I was president of my first company (Feld Technologies). We didn’t use the CEO title because we didn’t know to, think to, or really care.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2013

I’ve worked with Matt since 2001 when I joined Fred Wilson and Greg Sands on the board of Return Path. They are incredible partners and Matt is still a first time CEO, but now running a 400 person company that dominates its market. Twelve years later Matt is still Return Path’s CEO.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2018

Modern encrypted authentication protocols mean that only authorized employees, clients, or business partners can access the documents that are pertinent to them, meaning finances can only be seen by the financial department, employee info is only seen by the subject or HR, and so on. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc.

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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. Smart entrepreneurs take all of that into account when making decisions about whom to partner with. The rest is history. Over the next five years, Apple created iTunes, the iPod mini and the iPhone.

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