Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). The other big change was the creation of ChiNext, China’s equivalent of NASDAQ stock exchange for start-ups, in 2009. A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. Both types of funds are organized under Chinese law and use Renminbi to invest in Chinese companies.

Venture Capital 163

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 163

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa.

United States 114

United States Founder India Venture Capital 114

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. Support.com — On 2.5m invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2.

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

In 2009, HSBC bank was forced to launch an expensive rebranding campaign to repair the damage when its slogan “Assume Nothing” was incorrectly translated as “Do Nothing” in many countries and Apple learnt to its cost the perils of not addressing localisation issues when attempting entry into the Japanese market.

New Zealand 61

New Zealand Green Germany Global 61

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.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Epitaph for an Entrepreneur » 43 Responses Michael Curry 2.0 , on June 15, 2009 at 5:27 am Said: You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers about entrepreneurship and start-ups. Reply Mark MacLeod , on June 15, 2009 at 9:21 am Said: Thanks for sharing this Steve. The Adventure of a Lifetime.

Entrepreneur 276

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS 276

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

 We had an engaging and candid conversation, which included fielding questions from audience members including  Laurie Yoler, Managing Director of GrowthPoint Technology Partners. 38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;vertical-align:baseline; mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging">. 24.0pt"> • Be open to.

Vertical 28

Vertical Syndicate Syndication Forecast 28

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. But a subsequent visit in January 2009 saw a massive change: the students were excited about entrepreneurship.

India 117

India Entrepreneur Asia Programming 117

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/2009: 14.5. 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.

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. The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. 2009 was the trough year of the most recent business cycle – and a deep trough at that.

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Adjusted for inflation and measured in 2009 dollars, the $367mm in total dollars raised by this group equals $670mm, and only 2 of these 17 companies’ IPOs (EMC $80mm and Oracle$70mm) exceed $55mm in 2009 dollars. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997. jobs today.

Delaware 37

Delaware IPO Venture Capital Private Equity 37

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/2009: 14.5 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 3/31/2003: 44.6

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46

Pascal's View

APRIL 19, 2009

mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">   mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The Q1 2009 venture capital investment statistics. major industry sector, marks the lowest venture investment level since 1997. dollars and 40 percent in terms of deals in the first quarter of 2009. are in, and they are down, BIG.   While.

Venture Capital 31

Venture Capital Early Stage Washington California 31

Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 Number of IPO’s has shrunk while average size has increased. i. Pre-bubble average 520 IPO’s per year. 80% of IPO’s <$50MM.

Equity 31

Equity Securities and Exchange Commission IPO Marketing 31

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

In March of 2009 EliteEditing.com launched, and I would run back and forth to an Internet café five blocks from my office to manage work coming through and to take business calls. So in 2009, as the economy came to a screeching halt, I took the leap. Eventually, it became too much.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I started using my first content management system around 1997, when things were crude and clumsy. You would think in the past 15 or so years time would heal all and improvements would be made, but you would be wrong. The modern CMS is still in a state of flux. Note a trend here?

Development Team Review 50

Development Team Review Software Review HTML Social Media 50

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Time TBA: Recession 2009-2010: The Best Time to Launch Your Startup – While it may seem counter intuitive, economic hardship is the crucible from which great businesses emerge. For example, Iranian citizens used social media to report on post-election activity in June 2009 when international media had limited access.

Omaha 79

Omaha Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Media 79

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

What web design trends have surfaced and dominated in 2009? hmmm Posted by: sean | September 8, 2009 2:18 PM This quote is key: "One of the telling differences between an application design that is handled by a designer and one that is handled more by a development team is spacing. Aesthetics play a major part in that decision."

Web 42

Web Design Startup Flash 42