Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

Apart from having different ways of thinking about ‘growth’, startups seek financial investment differently than most small business operations. Startups tend to rely on capital that comes via angel investors or venture capital firms while small business operations may rely on loans and grants. A word to the wise from the wise.

Small Business 154

Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. It preceded the WWW but then become the onramp to the Internet for newbies. When Time Warner & AOL merged it was widely feared that this would be a monopoly that would control the Internet. For a nanosecond Rupert Murdoch seemed like the smartest guy on the Internet.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

A disruptive product causes such a large market shift that entire companies collapse (the ones who don't "get it") and new markets appear. It's hard to think of disruptive technologies or products that didn't take many millions of dollars to implement. Disruptive" is the in-vogue word for the opposite of "incremental improvement."

Technical Review 243

Technical Review Software Review Engineer Search 243

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Is a completed product necessary to get funding? But Howard comments wire frames or some progress toward a product should be achievable given how inexpensive it is to produce.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

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

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. The internet is working. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It can be difficult to locate information about government assistance programs or find and complete the correct forms for taxes or business operations. design, build, operate/use, maintain, and service). In particular, small businesses and exporters have a fundamental problem navigating the Federal Government’s myriad resources.

Fractional CTO 158

Fractional CTO Government Technical Review Analytics 158

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. I use the money made from my private clients to launch intelligence operations against our enemies. 14- Lack of transparency on existing products. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. Government and the American public.

Entrepreneur 96

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Don’t be frazzled … this is just the way it is.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 See Also: 12 Tips for a Wildly Productive Home Office. It is almost a given that your business will operate at a loss for the first three to six months while your client base grows and you get on a regular billing cycle with Medicare and Medicaid. This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2019

Buzzfeed sees their quizzes shared an average of nearly 2000 times each, helping them to reach more than 580 million people in 2017. He set up his first company when at 17 years old, and since then he has started multiple companies and also set up the European operations for many U.S. corporations.

Marketing 147

Marketing Startup Burn Rate Advertising 147

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They want to ensure that people are not creating a huge RAF of content using LMS AI that will fill the internet with a bunch of croft things that are not really that valuable or are not properly fact checked. John (04:23): Yeah, we had a 2000 page site that we did just that to 1400 pages and immediately lifted their results.

SEO 60

SEO ChatGPT Technical Review Search 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

He’s been involved in operations, digital transformation and IT, and is a trusted advisor and go-to speaker. I’d led the systems integration as CIO of the Gillette company into P&G in 2005, and run multi-billion dollar IT and Shared Services operations in every region of the world. Home Depot is a good example.

Philippines 124

Philippines Business Model Engineer Operations 124

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. This can be depicted as such: Mainframe-Terminals –> LAN/Internet Client/Server –> Mobile Broadband, Big Data/Analytics, Social Business, Cloud Analytics, Mobile Devices & Apps (3rd Platform).

Technology 174

Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Therefore, in recent times, there has been a growing emergence of revolutionary services and products capable of mitigating the adverse consequences for the climate and humanity. Benefits of Corporate Car Sharing Software To proficiently manage corporate car sharing and optimise operations, corporate car sharing software has been developed.

Software Review 138

Software Review Software Mobile Technical Review 138

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Amazon saw that the internet would change retail. Nowhere in our book do we recommend that all entrepreneurs blitzscale.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

In case your computer industry history is lacking, WS-I is the industry consortium that got together a decade ago to create specifications for Web Services protocols (note the capitals, so as not to confuse with actual internet services that use HTTP and REST for loosely-coupled data access).

Web 51

Web Open Source Architecture Internet 51

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Internet and Online Business. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Naming a Business. How to Incorporate.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. Any discussion of Internet marketplaces begins with the first quintessential marketplace, ebay (*). Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Jake Geleerd, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Tomo, LLC.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Products Home. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. The advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Game Hunters. Science Fair. |.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

It is bad legislation and it will add significantly to non-productive administrative and legal overhead and kill productivity within the technology sector in Colorado (including not only technology-related businesses, but virtually every business – and every consumer – who uses technology). This bill will NOT affect our company.

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In 2000, some economists believed that the world had entered a “ new economy ” based on the incredible communications and computing advances made throughout the 1990s. All operators have access to critical information about the customer, allowing one to pick up where another left off. They could change the world massively.

Technology 52

Technology Cloud Social Media Software 52

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Like if you go to Walmart, buy a product, it’s probably in one of these plastic blister packs. But you see the product and they look nice, they prevent theft because they’re hard to put in your pocket and walk away with, but they’re difficult to open. On my Internet provider, I can only go back six months.

Revenue 58

Revenue SEO Texas Minnesota 58

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Internet and Online Business. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Copyright © 2000 inc.com. Be Connected & Productive Anywhere, Any Time. Franchises.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When you see evidence that there is this so called “product / market fit&# then you may be ready for larger amounts of capital. Every conversation about fund raising should start with what your current operational needs are and the stage of your business. They evolve the product faster. They get the PR bump.

Pre-Money Valuation 303

Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States). Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder.

Software Review 48

Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In other words, the arrival of a product or service like Uber will have zero impact on the overall market size of the car-for-hire transportation market. As Uber becomes more established in a market, pick-up times continue to fall, and the product continues to improve. There are multiple reasons why this is a flawed assumption.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

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

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

The largest total amount of venture capital released to educational technology companies within one year is $534 million, reached in the year 2000. Many of these companies started strong with venture capital backing, but failed to secure enough clients to make their products profitable.

Venture Capital 96

Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit.

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LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374