Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. I’ve followed them with a few observations about the Internet that may help frame the scope of the debate. Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no.

Internet 295

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

Startups have some unique struggles, especially in regard to financing. This is part of the reason tech startups are the most popular type of startup – it’s easy to reach millions on the internet, regardless of where they live or when they do business. Key difference #2 – the relationship with funding.

Small Business 154

Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure.

Seed Stage 232

Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue!

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. President Bieto, Dean Sauquet, members of the faculty, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen….Thank Thank you for the kind introduction. Now look around.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Similarly, in recent high profile private financing rounds for private technology companies with valuations over $1B, the valuation multiples were at or below corresponding multiples for publicly traded companies such as Google.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

My finance career began with a long commute and a cramped cubicle. I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding. 18 months and 2000 hours later I finished coding the software and released it.

Entrepreneur 144

Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 144

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. At best. ~

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc. That’s the deal you get when you’re raising in a good market for startup financing. It was early 2000. That was market.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Cyber-Physical Systems Working with government and industry to create standards for a new generation of interoperable, dynamic, and efficient “smart systems” – an “industrial Internet” – that combines distributed sensing, control, and data analytics to help grow new high-value American jobs and the economy. ProjectOpenData on Twitter.

Fractional CTO 158

Fractional CTO Government Technical Review Analytics 158

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. I’m trying to pick themes that I think will map to macro trends over the next 5-10 years.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

After I looked like a slob on the biggest day of my life I scoured the internet to find the solution I was looking for. At that time, in the year 2000 there were no spam filters so it was pretty easy to contact other translation companies to setup cooperation. 16- Declare victory over finances. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Cuba Haiti Technical Review 97

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. Let us look at examples of the last two major computing cycles (prior to the Internet). As you can see, we are poised to hit the major adoption wave for the Internet technology platform over the next 8 years. The internet is working. Today, there are over 2.1

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Internet and Online Business. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Create an Inc.com account: Subscribe to Inc.coms Free Newsletters. Franchises.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

Today, Rover announced that Menlo Ventures has led a new $12m round of financing. We learned this dynamic in the early 2000’s with our investment in ServiceMagic. We invested in the company in 1999 during the ascension of the Internet bubble. My Investments dogs Financing madrona menlo ventures rover'

Seattle 149

Seattle Metrics Cofounder Finance 149

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Jason Young , co-founder of MindBlown Labs , which makes mobile social games to teach young adults about personal finance. Jason : Yellow Pages, I had an ad in the Yellow Pages, it’s funny because this was all pre-2000… there was Internet, but … I had a dial-up connection. And download any of the past shows here.).

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Colorado Customer Development 120

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

From my personal experience, Latin Americans often see Internet and the tech scene as the magical potion that’ll make us more like our idealized image of North Americans. 254 million internet users (18mm ’00). 273 million internet users (108mm ’00). In 2000, there was a total of 18 million Internet users in Latin America.

America 164

America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Our 2000 fund is the single best fund of its vintage.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

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.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. 2005 to Today: Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Government Specific, etc. This observation is also mirrored by the higher spend in IT budgets across most industries.

Technology 174

Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Internet and Online Business. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Start-up | Mondays.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 3, 2011

This has been going on for at least a quarter or two, but the velocity of it seems to have picked up with a wave of high priced financings along with large financings for nascent companies. In the tech industry, the great Internet bubble inflated between 1999 and 2000 and deflated (or popped) in 2001.

Entrepreneur 143

Entrepreneur Finance Internet Web 143

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Provigent, which was founded in 2000, raised $55 million from international and Israeli venture capital firms. The Tel Aviv center will support Barclay’s international finance operations and expand the British bank’s equities and prime services among others. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. Nobody wanted anything to do with Internet companies. For some reason most entrepreneurs do. My story briefly.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Term Sheet Cofounder Partner 288

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Big Data meets travel…in 2000. Magical, really. TripAdvisor’s History: Two Big Pivots.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 4, 2017

Just see Internet of S**t for some hilarious tweets. Loss leading hardware products have always been around but seeing a proliferation of options and scenarios brings me back to the early 2000’s where folks were giving away computers/laptops for the option of a monthly subscription fee + advertising on top of it. What am I missing?

Non-Compete 74

Non-Compete Business Model Green Revenue 74

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. Don’t go into VC.”.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

They see it as a source of differentiation for them as a company because their less financed competitors can’t afford it (and often their careers are wrapped up in the multi-millions of dollars they’ve spent implementing it). In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco.

Vesting 376

Vesting Framework Revenue Technology 376

Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2016

While I learned a ton of finance lessons from the experience, I also learned a lot a leadership lessons. While I learned a ton of finance lessons from the experience, I also learned a lot a leadership lessons. We had just acquired a company (I don’t remember which one or in which city) sometime in 2000.

Cofounder 70

Cofounder Founder Equity Acquisition 70

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

PMC-Sierra, a premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, is purchasing Wintegra Inc. , Wintegra, founded in 2000, has 165 employees with the majority of its R&D development team located in Ra’anana, Israel, and Austin, Texas. US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 Financing and cash flow. From 2010 through 2015, the industry saw a moderate but steady four percent growth. This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. population. The population aged 65 years and older is expected to increase from 12.4 percent by 2030. Rental expenses. Office equipment.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95