2002 Internet IPO Sales 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. 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!
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APRIL 2, 2010
A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying). Why does vintage matter to you?
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.
Gust
MAY 24, 2012
Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn.
Austin Startup
JULY 23, 2010
But even Walmart (the epitome of brick and mortar) changes prices on some items daily, based upon sales and competitive intelligence. So why would you not think that internet retailers are interested in maximizing pricing as well? The company could be preparing for an IPO. An item’s price is the price.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). He started in online publishing before the Internet (with Prestel in 1980!). SaaS reduces your sales cost but also means that VC is needed. That is the surface change.
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