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The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or …

Feld Thoughts

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. High fixed costs + high debt rates killed many great companies in Dot Com 1.0.

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A Heart Surgeon and an Internet Marketer: Interview with Dr. Mani

Life Beyond Code

Dr. Mani is also an Internet Marketer. While I have not seen any other heart surgeon who is an Internet Marketer, Dr. Mani is more special than that. He sets aside part of the profits from his Internet Marketing initiatives to help young children with congenital heart diseases. Each heart operation costs around $2,500 to $3,000.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. 40% of costs are labor, 40% are materials and 20% are overheads.

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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

The larger companies claimed that the cost of replacement and integration was not worth any savings that the enterprise could potentially realize, and that the risk of deploying with a startup was too high for mission critical functions. Best of breed solutions have exponentially multiplied, in both the enterprise and consumer sectors.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. I have raised capital 3 times before so I knew the drill.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Any discussion of Internet marketplaces begins with the first quintessential marketplace, ebay (*). Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.