Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2010
By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. The things that always differentiated Accenture? In other words, in a strong market even turkeys can fly. Ameet was right.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000.
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Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. Be prepared for due diligence. It’s critical that the data you present is verifiable, since any serious investor will conduct extensive due diligence. Don’t just list competitors.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1999-2000 51.6% 05% of total US mutual fund assets. 1990-1998 13.3%
Feld Thoughts
JULY 8, 2013
Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. On this journey, we benchmarked 1,500 IT organization to understand what differentiated the highest performing organizations and allowed them to do what the others only dreamed of. This means that technical debt starts to increase. Enter the Developers.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 28, 2022
Trying to name a business in the philanthropy tech space was difficult. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. We thought about what makes our business differentiated and unique from existing companies in the space. Thanks to Kristen Bolig, Security Nerd ! #13-
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