YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

The first project of this kind was GIMPS , a large-scale program launched in 1996 for the purpose of searching for Mersenne prime numbers , that is prime numbers of the form 2 p — 1 where P is a random integer. Prime time. These so-called volunteer computing projects dealt with scientific research.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 1996, Jim left his career in the media industry—working with Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio and CLTV News—to become a full-time volunteer and teach individuals with disabilities how to scuba dive. Jim gave us some time to tell us more about his journey and Diveheart’s impact.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

Forrest Walden had converted his 400-square foot garage to a makeshift gym in late 2007, setting up workout equipment in a space meant for two cars. “I have been in the fitness industry since 1996 and honestly can’t imagine doing anything else,” Walden laughs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. To be clear, IPOs, particularly IPOs raising less than $50 million, have become largely extinct due to unintended consequences resulting from a series of securities regulations that followed the rise of electronic trading networks in 1996. In the 1990s the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 or 2005-2007 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time).

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 19, 2012

One of our slides today showed VC exits over $100 million since 1996, split between the US and Europe. The data shows that there were over 150 such exits for US companies, up from around 100 per year in the previous peak in 2005-2007, whereas Europe has yet to exceed the 40 or so deals at this level we were seeing at that time.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J. In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. Energy Brands, also known as Glacéau, is a privately-owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola Company that’s best known for its enhanced water products, such as Smartwater and Vitaminwater. Yankee Candle Company.

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Up and Running

MARCH 31, 2015

While the business world played catch up, Ben & Jerry’s remained at the forefront of innovation, becoming the first “climate neutral” ice cream maker in 2007. Unilever and the WWF have enjoyed a relationship for decades—in 1996 they jointly established the Marine Stewardship Council to certify and promote responsible fishing practices.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

I last wrote about the iPhone in November 2007 when my wife and her friends started getting iPhones.    Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia. 

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 years in 2007- the longest gestation period since 1991: What has driven these changes to the capital markets and are they permanent or temporary? Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. Less than 20% of IPO’s <$50MM.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/30/2007: 22.6. If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 3/31/1999: 49.7. 3/31/2000: 73.4. 3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/29/2002: 82.5.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/29/1996: 22.3 3/30/2007: 22.6 If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/1999: 49.7 3/31/2000: 73.4 3/30/2001: 26.3 3/29/2002: 82.5 3/31/2003: 44.6

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

This is similar in effect to the epic 1996-2000 Internet Bubble cycle but for the expansion of the players in the pre-IPO inner bubble circle. tech sector have more than doubled since 2007. As Primack points out in his post: “Law firm Fenwick & West reports that valuations for Silicon Valley venture financings rose 61% in Q4 2010.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 21, 2009

VC funding into start-ups averaged roughly $20 billion a year for many years since the bubble crashed and recently (2007 and 2008) had creeped up to $30 billion a year. When I was an executive at Open Market and did our IPO in 1996, we executed an $80 million IPO - at the time, that was considered mid-sized. Really down.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I was also pretty convinced that we would live in a world where online video would be pervasive and so we started NewTeeVee in 2007. Met you in 1996 Mr Malik and always knew that you were going to make it and make it big one day. Here are some lessons I learned from my journey. They may [.]. target="_blank">. All the best my brotha.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Readily Pronounceable – A name’s proper accent should be obvious, as made painfully clear in the 1996 Tom Hank’s Movie, “That Thing You Do!” Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Copyright © 2007 - 2011 infoChachkie. in which Mr. Hank’s character discovers a small town band named “The Oneders.” Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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The Next Web

JULY 15, 2012

Gonzo is a passionate internet entrepreneur who has been doing business online since 1996. In 2007 he started KillerStartups.com : ‘Where Internet Entrepreneurs Are The Stars’ We acquired the domain name Startups.com a few years back. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Gonzo Arzuaga.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalypse (originally published in 2007) is offered as premium content behind the Longreads subscription wall. I also understand he may have “edited” one of my favorite longreads of all time, Brian Arthur’s Increasing Returns and the Two Worlds of Business from HBR in 1996.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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