ReadWriteStart
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Rental subscriptions and late fees were the main drivers of revenue for the organization. Blinded by its advertising revenue , Yahoo let customer experience take a backseat. In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity. Application Development Activity.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The Funding Problem.
Ben's Blog
MARCH 24, 2011
In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.
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