Hearpreneur

MARCH 14, 2019

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2013

The video also echoes what I have noticed in my own life, where a growing number of professional and business people are now out of jobs or businesses, recently lost their home to default or foreclosure, or have recently filed bankruptcy or are on the verge of doing so. which was about $54 trillion in 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Civil checks look for any court cases your employees might have been involved with, including bankruptcies, evictions, lawsuits, and any other court disputes. Michael Klazema has been developing products for pre-employment screening and improving online customer experiences in the background screening industry since 2009.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. In 2009, they were almost out of cash and building a prototype for a service that would send text messages to any mobile device. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P. 5- WhatsApp founders.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan | Tagged: Durant , Sloan « Unintended Lessons Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal » 7 Responses Prakash S , on October 1, 2009 at 11:02 am Said: Have you read this? The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 2, 2009

  I predict 2009 will also be a bad year for wireless VC investments.   With 22 million consumers in January 2009 accessing the mobile Internet according to Comscore, double last year and likely to double again in 2010, rich content on the phone is clearly the next big thing, and video is a huge driver of that.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/2009: 14.5. Down rounds are bad and hit founders disproportionately hard, but they are not as bad as bankruptcy. Make sure that you figure out what kind of deal is better than bankruptcy and be sure to communicate to both your existing and potential new investors what you think makes sense. 3/29/1996: 22.3.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2013

In 2008 and 2009, its competitors, GM and Chrysler, ran out of cash and needed taxpayer bailouts to avoid bankruptcy. Being able to plan better than your competitors can give you a significant competitive edge in the market. Ford Motor Company is a great example. But not Ford.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

Lets Fix Everything that Was Broken At SuperMac we were excited to finally get out of the crummy tiltup we had occupied since the company emerged from bankruptcy. Reply Andrew Warner , on May 15, 2009 at 9:53 am Said: I had a similar thing happen to me. That’s when things went south. Sorry about the long comment Steve.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2012

In 2008 and 2009, its competitors, GM and Chrysler, ran out of cash and needed taxpayer bailouts to avoid bankruptcy. Being able to plan better than your competitors can give you a significant competitive edge in the market. Ford Motor Company is a great example. But not Ford.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky has served as CEO and Director of Oversee.net since 2009. Mr. Geleerd acquired the stadium out of highly publicized bankruptcy and turned around its financial position and ultimately engineered the sale back to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2005. Jeff Kupietzky, Chief Executive Officer and President, Oversee.net.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Many others may end up filing for bankruptcy or doing an assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC). ► 2009. (7). Even the ones that do get to cash flow breakeven, will not likely be in a position where they could pay back the debt. So what happens to these companies? Some will just shut down. Others will attempt fire sales.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/2009: 14.5 Down rounds are bad and hit founders disproportionately hard, but they are not as bad as bankruptcy. Make sure that you figure out what kind of deal is better than bankruptcy and be sure to communicate to both your existing and potential new investors what you think makes sense. 3/29/1996: 22.3 3/31/1997: 23.3

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

 They assist with work-outs and bankruptcy.  Usually it's in the context of soliciting advice on how to raise money for their idea / business.  The problem with most of the business ideas I see is they they are pretty much the same today as those I've seen for the past few years.  Read their update (below).

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

August practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, commercial transactions, general corporate law and business bankruptcy. Get connected to experience the difference. Interested? Please contact us or stop by our Adams Morgan or U Street locations.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Since both sets of my parents went through bankruptcy while I was a child, learning about how to manage money became almost an obsession of mine. So, I opened up Frugal Confessions in 2009, and built a business from there. From as early back as I can remember, I had always wanted to be a writer. Thanks to Amanda L.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

In three and a half years SuperMac’s market share went from 11% to 68%, as we went from bankruptcy to $150 million in sales. steve Bill Allred , on April 16, 2009 at 7:26 pm Said: Hi Steve, Really enjoying this series, thanks for sharing. Our new graphics boards became the market leader of the industry.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz has muscled its way into the top ranks of VC firms since its 2009 debut in part by being generous on both fronts. "We Scandal Shakes Trading Firm Peregrine Financial Group filed for bankruptcy as regulators scrambled to track down about $215 million of customer money allegedly missing from the firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. In September 2008 this was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the rippling effect was massive. In 2009 many deals got done at $4-5 million pre and in the past few years some of these deals have gotten done at $10-12 million pre (or higher).

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Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

As a surfer I was interested to see how Quicksilver has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA. I wrote about this inevitability of Quiksilver’s decline here on startup blog back in 2009 when Quicksilver started making bedding & doonas – WTF? They lost focus on what made them great.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Overall, 68% of small business owners surveyed say the economy stresses them out (on par with January 2009 results). Of that group, 22% worry about default or bankruptcy and 30% say there isn't enough demand for their products or services to warrant taking on new debt. This survey was conducted 1/28/10 to 2/1/10.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. It was September 2008. The market had tanked. tl;dr summary.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

Back in 2009, Google conducted experiments which demonstrated that slowing down the search results page by under half a second resulted in 0.2% Declare bankruptcy? In the absence of testable traffic and the necessary resources, qualitative research and these nine principles will set you on the right path. fewer searches. Lose business?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. ► 2009. (9). Cashflow is the other key metric. Happy New Year 2010!

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

If the startup can’t repay the loan, it will be in default under the note; in which case, the noteholders may force the company into bankruptcy (if the startup can’t renegotiate with investors to extend the loan). Launch Date: April 16, 2009. Since 2009 the Founder Institute has helped. THE FUNDED. FOUNDER INSTITUTE.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 29, 2020

In January 2009, when Barack Obama and Joe Biden inherited a truly bleak economy from the Bush Administration, they didn’t just post angry 3 AM tweets until the GDP started magically rising again. But fixing an economy as big as America’s is not a job for a single individual?—?especially

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Sadly, none of her ideas were realized and she ended up selling the town in 1993 and filing for bankruptcy. By the next year, CafeMom had the most traffic among women of any website, and by 2009, it was profitable. Raquel Welch’s line of wigs. Kendra Wilkinson’s stripper poles.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 20, 2010

Then in Dubai that same month, Iceland won the Global Entrepreneurship Congress award for best entrepreneurship movement during the 2009 Global Entrepreneurship Week. With Iceland getting so much attention for being on the brink of bankruptcy, I thought such good news about signs of an entrepreneur-led economic resurgence deserves note.

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