Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

After September 11th, 2001, people were afraid to fly. down 97%: Austin Business Journal Restaurant revenue is down 73%?—?despite despite the ability to offer takeout: Austin Restaurant Revenues Dropped by 73 Percent Austin’s unemployment rate went from 2.6% TSA had two functions. First, make us safer when we fly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2017

of internal control weaknesses are caused by a lack of management review, also conducive to fraud and information mismanagement. In June 2015, Forbes contributor, Tom Taulli, described eFileCabinet document management software as a technology that “manages the lifecycle of a company’s files,” and with an emphasis on security and compliance.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If we are in a bubble, that is a bit of an odd commentary for a company that grew revenues 83% year-over-year and grew earnings 93% year-over-year. In 2001, Stewart Butterfield abandoned plans to build a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) after costs became too great; he built photo-sharing service Flickr instead. What is next?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Over the past two decades, she has led large revenue-producing divisions at businesses ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Over the past two decades, she has led large revenue producing divisions at businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 500. with Tiffani Bova.

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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. You don’t need to buy hardware – there’s Amazon AWS.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

To find out whether or not today’s public technology companies have hit bubble valuations, let’s compare some companies that survived the great bubble with their bubble era valuations: The Enterprise Value-to-Revenue multiple (EV/Rev) and Price-to-Earnings multiple (PE) are commonly used metrics to tell the valuation:value story. Much better.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 44% 2001-2019 13.7% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits! That doesn’t mean it’s not a bubble.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear. About Eric.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. There are metrics to review.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year.

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37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Over 1 million people use 37signals simple web-based software to collaborate on projects, track contacts, and organize their business with an intranet. I was initially unfamiliar with project management software, and the name helped me understand why exactly I should give basecamp a shot. Got a web design project in mind? 27 Apr 10.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

If you take a closer look, “equipment and software” spending was at a 15.4% GDP growth and certainly do not believe that is sustainable due to one-time factors like tax cuts and mortgage refinancings. It was not too long ago that the Department of Commerce released numbers showing 7.2% annualized GDP growth for Q3.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I had been writing GigaOM (the blog) since December 2001, but in 2003, I started working on a piece for Business 2.0 Lesson Learned : Build a peer review mentoring culture. None of them were hired by me, and instead they were picked up through a peer-review-hire process. STARTING IT UP. Back to the top. I smiled to myself.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

I dropped out of college in 2001, so this would be 17 years in. Like when they leave reviews with competitors and they talk about, “They didn’t show up on time,” or just whatever goofy things they’re saying, those are the problems that you need to figure out. What’s the basic revenue play there?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire.

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