Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Microsoft found this out when their market capitalization, once at $560B, had fallen in 2010 to $219B, allowing them to be passed by Apple, who grew from $15.6B People and operational excellence have to converge in every business, large or small. during that period. Apple is now at $570B, with Microsoft at $240B.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. Initial Public Offering (IPO). This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches. I don’t recommend this approach to startups these days. Shareholders are demanding, and liability concerns are high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2011

The Clean Technology venture capital sector, which includes alternative energy, soared 68 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2010. Renewable energy is any source that can be produced cleanly, will not disappear like fossil fuels, and is less polluting. I expect another increase this year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2013

The current record was set in 2010, when sex.com sold for $13 million. Gone are the days when people like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham built $300 million empires by speculating on premium domain names, since the possibilities are now endless. Only one sold for 7 figures in 2012 (investing.com sold for $2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2010

For the latest info, Gartner recently released their 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. The technology becomes increasingly stable and evolves in second and third generations. Startups can now truly define a problem, and position their solution for rapid growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. Initial Public Offering (IPO). This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches. I don’t recommend this approach to startups these days. Shareholders are demanding, and liability concerns are high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

billion in penalties on companies in 2010. Some companies look at this as a “cost of doing business,” but it can easily cost you your reputation and your business. In a recent update by Thomson-Reuters , the U.S. Justice Department and SEC reported imposing over $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Plus, it was the top industry attracting VC money in the most recent quarter of 2010 , with a total of $944 million. In addition to the “green” sector, which I outlined a few weeks ago , I see biotech as one of the places where startups can always go for real opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. No surprises here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2010.” At best we can count on it taking many years to catch on, just like other disruptive technologies before you. No investor wants to wait that long for his return, or fund the years of waiting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Home prices are slowly coming back, and personal savings rates are now as high as levels last seen in the USA in the mid 1990’s. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

According to the nonprofit Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, the 2010 startup rate is the highest in fifteen years, a great deal of which are sole proprietorships by necessity. It's amazing how rare it is for professionals to return phone calls and emails promptly, show up on time, or finish a project for the price quoted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist. In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years. Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. No registration and no cost is required to secure a copyright on written, audio, or video material that you create to be attributed to your company. Trade secrets with employment agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million by 2015. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

Levin famously prevailed on his board and ignored everyone, but in 2010 admitted that he had presided over perhaps the worst deal of the century, since Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

Levin famously prevailed on his board and ignored everyone, but in 2010 admitted that he had presided over perhaps the worst deal of the century, since Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. No registration and no cost is required to secure a copyright on written, audio, or video material that you create to be attributed to your company. Trade secrets with employment agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The hottest buzzword for startups in 2010 is “pivot.” The term, made popular by entrepreneur and venture advisor Eric Ries in an article on Lessons Learned last year, is properly used to describe successful startups that change direction quickly, but stay grounded in what they've learned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

China’s middle class is expected to grow to some 650 million by 2010. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. with demands for new products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I believe that startups and venture capital firms that struggle but survive in 2010 will emerge stronger in 2011, making that a year of recovery and renewal in the investment world. Luckily, some VCs feel that the best time to invest is during a struggling market, when both valuations and competition are at an all time low. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2010

Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment. No registration and no cost is required to secure a copyright on written, audio, or video material that you create to be attributed to your company. Trade secrets with employment agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

I just read the Q1 2010 report from CB Insights , which shows some interesting trends. First of all, investors put $5.9 billion to work across 731 financing deals with US startups, a 50% increase over Q1 2009. But disappointingly, dollars invested in early-stage deals fell nearly 21%.

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