Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. Unfortunately, Im a student in Australia so the possibility of travelling to the US isnt too feasible or affordable.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

Having been founded in 1999, Zilliant is hard to categorize as a startup anymore. So why would you not think that internet retailers are interested in maximizing pricing as well? The company creates the leading software in an enterprise niche called pricing optimization and margin management. An item’s price is the price.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us through the Yahoo! acquisition.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Capital Markets Advisory Partners cleaves the demand for pre-public VC-backed equities into two worlds: “Demand Pull (Buzz) and Supply Push (No Buzz) companies. For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector. It is intentional. I do not think we are in a Bubble per se.”.

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Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

After creating many successful start-ups- from internet fashion companies to home market businesses- I spent several years researching a category that intrigued me from a health-standpoint. I was intrigued when digital photography started taking off, but I didn’t buy my first digital camera until 1999, when my daughter was born.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. I was proud of my performance and our rocket ship trajectory, but internal politics and personalities led to a division between the owner, me and a third equity partner. . #3 – I was Fired Twice. Image Credit : Kent Lewis. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

An article on the New Enterprise Associates blog by Partner Tom Grossi , however, makes an interesting point: most of the megafunds were raised since 1999, a period in which the entire industry did poorly. Though the megafunds did underperform in absolute terms, they may have outperformed in relative terms.

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. You know, a lot of times, what we hear is: “Hey, what does the company do is $5 billion of equity value is $10 billion.” Suppose you trace the history of Netflix, which we’ve invested in since 1999 and are still one of the largest shareholders.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. For example, an increase in internet traffic is usually a sign of customer traction.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups. Let's recap. Want to start up in France?

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

  At $20-30 billion per year, the venture capital industry as a whole remains a “drop in the bucket” in terms of capital deployed relative to the over trillion dollars sitting in private equity firms.    In the private equity world, the industry leaders hang around forever well past their 50s and 60s. 

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Private Equity Boston Massachusetts IPO 20

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Sure, there are many other events, including eTail and Internet Retailer. It is a non-profit, unlike eTail or Internet Retailer (today I hear that Shoptalk is the biggest eCommerce conference), and it is where the highest level people in digital retail go as a result. But Shop.org is where you go to learn and network.

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Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. If 1999 was a wet (read liquid) bubble, 2015 was a particularly dry one. Back in 1999, if a company raised $30mm before an IPO, that was considered a large historic raise. ” Go public.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

The business was founded in 1999. At heart this is mostly a story about the size of China, but it also talks to the power of the internet as a platform for building large scale enterprises. That compares with Amazon’s market cap of $141bn and Google’s of $375bn. Ecommerce'

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Sales China eCommerce IPO 149

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. It’s too early. I’m long.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

In fact, if you exclude the Dot Com Bubble of 1999-2000, they have been steady for nearly thirty years. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5% We have published some research on this topic elsewhere, which I will summarize briefly below. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1%

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Back in 1999 when I got my first job in the venture industry I remember having a debate with my boss about the relative importance of product and distribution for startups. Since then the internet has changed everything and for most industries product is now far more important than distribution. He was right.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

It is important to note that using the one-day gains of “hot IPOs” to either attract new customers or wildly please the ones you already have is not a new concept.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82