Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). But it wasn’t until 1998 that corporate-backed VC firms could be established, and that started a wave of VC funds backed by government, corporate and foreign capital. A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) The founding pair realized that they needed to pivot into becoming a software company, and in late 1998, completely shifted their focus to delivering athenaNet, their Web-based medical billing platform, as a cloud-based software service for all doctors.

Fractional CTO 43

Fractional CTO Cofounder Cleveland Vertical 43

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

.” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. Support.com — On 2.5m

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Pascal's View

JUNE 22, 2014

Today, 1997 is the leader. The coolest season was 2003, but now 1998 takes that category. Finally, 2014 is has the fourth highest GDD accumulation, trailing only 2013, 1997, and 1996. These include this year, the year with the most accumulated GDD (1997), the year with the least accumulated GDD (1998), and the 21-year average.

Harvest 28

Harvest Global Washington California 28

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. In 1998 RIM quickly followed this up with a next generation product with an 8-line display, ran on AA batteries and would last 500 hours. In a major strategy shift, they decided to sell a product directly to businesses. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

Hockey Stick 271

Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 271

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. The Funding Problem. There are 20x more consumers online.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

In fact, at the time (1996-1997) we offered both a downloadable product, that our customers could install on their own servers, and a “hosted-offering”, which came to be known as “On-Demand”, then the “ASP” (Application Service Provider) model, and today we call it “SaaS” (Software as a Service). The product worked.

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Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The company is also known for being a great employer, making Fortune magazine’s “Best Places to Work” list every year since 1998. Build-A-Bear stores starting springing up in 1997 and have grown in popularity, with locations around the world today. Whole Foods. Build-A-Bear.

Architecture 162

Architecture New York Chicago China 162

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8. 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. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 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.

Down Round 78

Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

In 1997, a Charles River Ventures fund yielded a stunning 15x return, backing such superstars as Ciena, Vignette and Flycast. Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. But what if it’s actually more akin to 1996?

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/1998: 30.8 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 3/29/1996: 22.3 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 3/31/2004: 31.6

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46

BeyondVC

MARCH 24, 2006

John Meriwether from Liar’s Poker fame assembled a stellar group from Wall Street and academia including Myron Scholes (one of the creators of the Black-Scholes option pricing model) and Robert Merton who together shared the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997. The bigger it got, the more risk it had to take on to deliver higher returns.

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NDA Algorithm Equity Hiring 60

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Think of it as a mantra in 1998, in a second shareholder letter, or 1999 Yeah. (20:43): It started in 1997 with his first letter and his last letter in 2000 that came out in 2021. So I didn't put a lot of stock into that. Then I started researching Bezos and Amazon. I'm looking at it differently now. Don't look at it as a mission.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. My parents did not wish to see me as struggling artists and thus I was enrolled in Bachelor of Business course in Australia.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology. It’s been around since the mid-1990s.

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Lead Generation Channel IP Conversion 91

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). 1998 , Bernard et al., 1998 , Tullis et al., Posted on February 17, 2008 by Alex Poole. Boyarski, D.,

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Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85