Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. Simply put – I buy the long-term case for having a portion of one’s savings in stocks. It was a nerve racking morning. Neither do I.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Our company’s stock was an inducement, but all of them were in it to help us build a better computer. Reply steveblank , on May 25, 2010 at 1:05 am Said: Tom McMurray. Since some of these advisory board members were leaders in their fields, we knew they would tell their peers about our company.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

The company was the laughing stock of the Mac market. They sold to a set of customers I knew nothing about. Yet somehow they thought that my prior experience in high-end computer graphics might be relevant. Why I was interested was equally obscure.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). 2010 Gross Profit: $280M. Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 in net revenue and passes $0.58

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2020

Looking at the world in 2010 I could see the same question being asked. With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. Just think back to 10 years ago to see what was invented. 7/ Microsoft buys Slack.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

This could also be the signature investment for CRV’s Max Gazor, who joined the firm a bit after 2010 and has quietly been making great enterprise picks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! More Than 700 Billion YouTube Videos Were Viewed in 2010 [STATS] – [link]. Massive Collection of Best Photoshop Tutorials from 2010 – [link]. Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link]. Best Illustrator Tutorials from 2010 – [link].

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] The response from across the country?

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Board Effect

MAY 5, 2021

For example, they’re not allowed to share in the nonprofit’s stock or profits as is typical with for-profit corporations. In 2010, the Supreme Court allowed corporations and labor unions to register as 501(c)(4). If the nonprofit were to shut down for any reason, no individuals may benefit from the distribution of assets.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

October 3rd, 2010 the Chubby Team 48 Comments. Thus, the process of negotiating taking back stock from founders is not rational and inherently very difficult. However, vesting schedules reduce the difficult negotiation to simply and mechanically exercising the companies pre-agreed right to repurchase stock at the price it was issued.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

And yet… since 2010, it's generated a lot of curiosity about what we do. And I came up with the name by discussing it with my co-founders and the reason behind the name stock is With stocks you can get the best of the world. Stock is the supply of things or supply accumulated, this meaning is connected to our brand.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

One key difference: unlike HP, which had restricted stock ownership to the founders and top management, Perry made sure everyone at ESL had stock. Alex Miroshnichenko , on February 4, 2010 at 6:21 pm Said: Well, funny how myths are created. There were no venture investors. The “customers’” contracts funded the company.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2015

Having taken stock of my own hard-earned lessons, here are 5 tips on how to minimize typical startup missteps: 1. Before leaving GE Healthcare in late 2010 to start Caremerge, Asif was responsible for a portfolio of healthcare products generating $140 million annually with over 3000 customers (Hospitals and large centers) worldwide.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. The things that always differentiated Accenture?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

It’s also an uncertain exit for the entrepreneurs, as they are typically restricted to sell any of their stock in the first 180 days following the IPO, and even then they can sell no more than 1% of stock a month. Eyeblaster is trying to raise $115 million by selling stock.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 14, 2010

After its online casino, Poker and Bingo business saw a collective decline of 13% in revenue and took a hit in the number of unique players, Triple eight issued a profit warning for 2010 and saw its stock decline by 18%. 888 Holdings is a publicly traded company in the London Stock Exchange (LSE:888).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. A bit laughable in 2010, just 12 years later.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

According to a study that was cited in the Economist about the eight most notable crises in 2010, those companies are worth 30% less today, on average. It’s important for board directors and executives to take stock of what other organizations have lost through data breaches so they don’t end up in the same boat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 10, 2012

We launched with a bone stock template that Shopify provided instead. We ended up going right through the holiday season and then some, over $300k on that bone stock template. The general concept of Coffee Joulies is written down in a gchat in June 2010, almost exactly as it exists today. 2010 Winners: DODOcase 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Sure I can build a stock chart, like this one , that shows that eBays stock price went into a four-year decline immediately after "eBay Inc Acquires Dutch Company Marktplaats.nl." Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Without it, theyre just rolling the dice.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

When it comes to the most famous company that got away, Groupon — which was offered and turned down $6 billion in 2010, and recently fell below that market cap — Lawee refuses to speculate about whether it would have fared better inside the Googleplex.). company Slide.com in August 2010 for $182 million. On2 Technologies.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We started Ottawa Special Events back in 2010 as a complete one-stop shop for all event rentals. 14- Create lifestyle stock imagery. It's not that we don’t do ‘regular’ things, its just not captured and available on stock photography sites. Thanks to Sarabeth Perry, Bace Health ! #8- 8- To create a complete one-stop shop.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. So … November 2010 and Facebook has 500 million users. Enter Klout , a service that tracks the influence of individuals in social networks. Facebook Will Not be the Only Dominant Player.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. What we’ve covered so far has been more of a generalized observation about the time it takes for VC funds to show liquidity and the persistent delta between TVPI and DPI.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

WSJ even points out that poor IPO performance “can be blamed primarily on the overall stock market” In fact IPO shares have outperformed the broader S&P 500 over comparable time periods. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) » 02/25/2010. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM. Locks in rights, preferences and priviledges of the stock. Posted by: Ted Wang | 03/01/2010 at 10:45 PM. Posted by: Yokum | 03/01/2010 at 11:30 PM. Posted by: Walt | 03/02/2010 at 02:43 AM. Blog Archives.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 15, 2021

In 2010, researchers at Princeton University set out to study the brain activity of both speakers and listeners under the pretext that communication is a joint activity. Like the stock market, this bubble will burst if they are built on inflated expectations. This rebirth could have been avoided.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. What we’ve covered so far has been more of a generalized observation about the time it takes for VC funds to show liquidity and the persistent delta between TVPI and DPI.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The three big economic stories since last month’s election have been a dynamic stock market rally, a strengthening dollar, and rising economic confidence. Here are some encouraging statistics to ponder: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 19,284, up more than 9% since Election Day.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Thanks Phil Gainley Reply Margit Niemelä , on August 16, 2010 at 6:29 am said: Steve, wonderful job!

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The well-known ridesharing giant hit the market this year with a target price of $45 dollars per share, with 180 million shares of common stock available at launch. At the time of this writing, Uber’s stock price is hovering around $27 per share. In the months since, however, Fiverr’s stock has come down to earth.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2020

We paid a small fee and liquidated the remaining stock. In 2010 I didn’t understand the concept of driving traffic to your business through proven marketing tactics. We were forced with the decision to pay 300k to acquire the trademark, pay 15% royalties annually, forever or pay a small fee to avoid a lawsuit.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

But the investor is already being compensated for that risk in the low price of the stock, so it is unfair to delay. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. When a company is only two months old, every day you wait gives you 1.7% more data about their trajectory.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. AllThingsDigital. AllThingsDigital.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ).

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