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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. A few companies got bought before the whole Internet-bubble thing fell apart, and we almost managed to get bought (for around $500 million, but that’s another story for another day.).

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

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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Do You Have The Mercedes Benz Syndrome?

YoungUpstarts

Whenever you get revenue in the door, you have to have the discipline to transfer the 1% to a savings account. She began training on the Internet in 1998 and began the first television-like broadcasting in 2002, launching her own TV channel – www.hvacchannel.tv. This savings plan is not difficult to do. Others do it once a week.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Although not specifically aimed at the Internet, it’s clear that online tools such as Webcasting and frequently updated investor relations pages make compliance with Reg FD much easier.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? Their followers remember them as the funny revenue data company that knows what they’re talking about, and then recalls them when they’re in a buying position.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

3G emerged from the growth of the internet during the 1990s , which created a demand for mobile phones that could support both SMS texting and multimedia MMS transmission of image, sound and video files. The amount of data generated by these devices dwarfs the scale of the traditional internet. 3G: Opening Up the App Market.