Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). they take time!!

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

In that role, he championed the acquisition of a little known company named Weblogic. When Alfred presented the acquisition to BEA’s board of directors, one prominent board member said: “if you think that this company is going to pay $150M for a company with $150K in revenue, you are out of your f&%! $n’

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” You’re no longer in a growth and acquisition position, so KPIs based on revenue targets, etc., recession in 2009.”.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

After the acquisition of SneakerLabs, he served as the Vice-President of Interactive Technologies for E.piphany. There are three forms in which a company can have something new and unique: 1) New technology (the most common form, examples are Twilio, Coin, Occipital). I started my first company when I was 20.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. Soon after, Len called me and asked if I’d be interested in selling Feld Technologies to Sage Alerting. From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. And I will miss him every day.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2018

Millennials are all about the latest and greatest in technology. This software has remarkable technology that saves your employees from wasting time on tedious or repetitive tasks. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. Their work lives are no exception to this.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions. The payoff: in this bubble, a startup can actively “engineer for an acquisition.”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Warby Parker produces modern eyewear at affordable prices, Apple produces elegant, premium technology products, Netflix offers an enormous library of binge-worthy, unique video. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). I’ll give you some of Parachute’s repeat rates later in the post. Get Physical!

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

There’s a lot of buzz about the Amazon acquisition of TWITCH this week. Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. Dries has carefully pushed the technology not to the bleeding edge, but towards the modern edge where enterprises are comfortable. Acquia, Inc.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2019

I was president of my first company (Feld Technologies). While Feld Technologies was a successful company, and I was an effective president for seven years, with the benefit of hindsight I realize that I didn’t like my job very much once we had more than a few people working for us. My partner Dave was vice president.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Valuations in startups increased dramatically during the Dot Com boom and then both valuations and the availability of investment capital nationally collapsed in 2001 with the Dot Com bust and 9/11. Altounian has over 30 years of experience in the technology sector with roles at Dell, Motorola, Compaq and Ashton-Tate.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

Second, emerging growth companies lose negotiating leverage in acquisitions when they have no other viable liquidity alternatives. Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. Share and Enjoy:

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

It’s currently at $42 / share so if I got the splits right, after its collapse in 2001 to a low of around $5 / share it took it 15 years to claw its way back to $42 / share (a 10x from the low, 40% of its high at the peak.). Now, choose any new and exciting technology now. 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I have been in and around technology for over ten years. So this has always been our most significant focus area, whether in 2022, 2021, or 2001. . The vast majority of their customer acquisition is word of mouth.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 25, 2015

There are also companies, like my first one (Feld Technologies) that bootstrapped and never raised any money. Sure, every now and then something magical happens (very high price point, very low cost of customer acquisition, zero churn), but that’s a serious edge case. You want to do an acquisition, but the seller wants some cash.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood are hosting this series of one-day conferences as a way to get alpha-geeks out of the office to hear experts talk about new technologies ranging from Python to ASP.NET MVC. I sit in front of my laptop for days, nay weeks on end and never see another person who is remotely interested in technology.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. at 8:00 am Great post Rob, However I think you need to include growth stage technology companies amongst those you listed in the relatively recession proof group. at 3:04 am [.] link] [.] #2 at 7:01 am [.]

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). 2001: Decimalization (further loss of economics to provide market support for small companies), by reducing minimum commissions from 12.5 80% of IPO’s <$50MM.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. Historically, low rates fuel a lot of commercial real estate acquisitions. Technology and its Impact on the Commercial Real Estate Industry.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. We’ve talked about the technological shifts around quantum computing and cryptography more generally. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. On Cryptocurrencies.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 5, 2003

As for IBM’s $50mm investment in the company, who knows, but that could be a stepping stone for a possible acquisition if Novell is able to pull off its amibitious plans. At Tilion, Chris tried to revolutionize the supply chain industry by creating an on-demand view of the supply chain leveraging new technologies like XML.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2017

While the following advice is more focused on innovative technology companies, the idea can be transferred to any sort of marketing writing, including product descriptions. This is useful if, like most startups, you rely heavily on word-of-mouth distribution for customer acquisition. Use Specific and Active Language.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. Except that after the acquisition Salesforce.com required that I commute more than an hour each way from Palo Alto to San Francisco. I’ve written about the technology to lose weight in this post. It became a social activity.

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VC Cafe

MAY 3, 2012

This month’s trend continues to be acquisitions of Israeli firms by large US corporates. Following the acquisition, the company will become part of Covidien’s oximetry and monitoring product line. Following the acquisition, the company will become part of Covidien’s oximetry and monitoring product line.

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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. double the rate of the prior year, 103 of those being venture-backed companies. 1990-1998 13.3%

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