Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. The road ahead.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2010
A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying).
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Mike Michalowicz
FEBRUARY 2, 2014
Industry Week’s Feb 11th, 2006 article reported Maytag’s “quality nightmare” with it’s Neptune washing machine back in 1997. If they put a guarantee on their dishwashers and showed an idle Maytag repairman on TV (if you don’t recall, he was idle because the Maytag products never needed to be repaired), people would buy more.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 31, 2014
The prior fund that I had co-founded – Mobius Venture Capital – had blown up after having a very successful first fund in 1997. In early 2006, my partners at Mobius and I decided not to raise another fund.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc. Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. acquisition.
Austin Startup
JUNE 27, 2017
With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. The angels that were investing in Austin during this time period also got caught in the Dot Com boom and bust cycle.
Ben's Blog
JULY 16, 2013
3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/2006: 22.8. 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. 3/31/1998: 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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