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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Then one day it was over.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In comparison, the overall technology sector growth was projected at 9-10% in early 2010 and this forecast did not change significantly today. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 internet. (6).

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Michael Moritz column on the winners and losers in the wake of Covid-19

VC Cafe

all conduct their business over the internet). In his opinion column on the Financial Times titled “ The business world can never go back to the way things were “, famed Sequoia partner Michael Moritz articulates what he believes are the winners and losers in the wake of the “New Normal” post Covid-19 lockdown.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3). Add RSS feed.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Small Business Labs. Emergent Research.

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Cracking The Code: Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. By sales board plan, are you referring to Gary's actual business planning forecasts? 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3). ► 2008. (11).