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!

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

I was in the middle of that with Interliant (I was a co-founder) – we bought 20+ companies, at one point has an almost $3 billion market cap (on $200 million of revenue – recognize the multiple), but went bankrupt in 2002. Or the ISP rollup before that?

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Stock Options Cofounder Revenue Hosting 70

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2020

She began training on the Internet in 1998 and began the first television-like broadcasting in 2002, launching her own TV channel – www.hvacchannel.tv. Well-known as “The Profitability Master”, Ruth has a passion for helping small business grow profits and wealth. The post Do You Have The Mercedes Benz Syndrome?

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.Net Channel Revenue Internet 264

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Although not specifically aimed at the Internet, it’s clear that online tools such as Webcasting and frequently updated investor relations pages make compliance with Reg FD much easier.

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SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

With today’s technology, data flow and coordination are readily achieved through common Internet protocols and application programming interfaces (APIs). Way back in 2002, Jeff Bezos at Amazon issued an ultimatum to completely institute internal APIs within the company, and later to their millions of suppliers.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm API China 210

The Equity Kicker

JULY 14, 2014

In around 2002 I was stuck in my hotel room in Egypt due to food poisoning and the only English TV available was an American business channel. You can see from the chart below that the number of internet hosts grew 10x from 1989 to 1993 – that’s roughly 2x a year. I forget which it was. Startup general interest'

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Egypt Internet Metrics Hosting 145

YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

3G emerged from the growth of the internet during the 1990s , which created a demand for mobile phones that could support both SMS texting and multimedia MMS transmission of image, sound and video files. The amount of data generated by these devices dwarfs the scale of the traditional internet. 3G: Opening Up the App Market.

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South Korea China SMS Germany 133

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This environment allowed Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to build a modern day conglomerate: an Internet platform providing commerce, entertainment and financial services to a middle class that numbers over 300 million (and expected to reach nearly 1 billion in the next 20 years).

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India China Technical Review Africa 85

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed.

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Just as the continent has leapfrogged fixed-line internet by the all-conquering mobile phone (80 percent of Africans now had mobile phones in 2013 according to a report from TA Telecom) so the same may happen to transportation. Here come the drones. The future of e-commerce in Nigeria and Africa may also pivot on the use of drone technology.

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Nigeria Africa Reputation Email 148

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Boris is currently based in Vancouver, Canada and has been since 2002, after his own company, JustBooks, was acquired by AbeBooks. The internet makes this easy enough. His almost imperceptible German accent my only indicator of his personal background. This is not a man that blows his own trumpet. Do your research.

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Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Feld Thoughts

MAY 17, 2016

My portfolio melted down with the bursting of the Internet bubble. The depressive episode only lasted three months, but the s**t show continued through 2002 as most VCs and Internet companies suffered a massive collapse. My whole world blew up in 2001. There was no joy anywhere.

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San Francisco Internet Portfolio New York 108

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

We were all investing in Internet-related stuff at the end of the 1990s. Jerry and Fred had one of the most successful VC funds during this time period until the Internet bubble burst and blew us all up for a while. 2002 was the Trough of Disillusionment. 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough.

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Merger Stock Internet America 70

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees. by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete API Vertical 217

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you lived through the Internet-bubble between 1999 and 2002 you know this cycle well. Any student of history knows that there is a linkage between the push to the public markets, demand dynamics of the public markets, and the availability and attractiveness of capital in the private markets.

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DC Equity Hosting Valuation 112

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right?

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. 1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Myspace, Facebook).

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Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 76

David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. By 2002 the NASDAQ had fallen by nearly 80%. We raised a lifetime grand total of $100,000 for that business in the form of advance payment from early customers. In 1999, we sold that business and I started angel investing. Starting a tech company after this? Or even working for one? You must be nuts.

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Founder Valuation Startup IP 174

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 14, 2018

Last night, at the Aspen Entrepreneurs event, I was asked to describe several failures and I rolled out my story about Interliant, which, for a period of time (1999 – 2000) appeared to be hugely successful before going bankrupt in 2002. A few days ago, Fred Wilson wrote a post titled Capitulation?

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Prospectus IPO Cofounder Internet 80

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock. For most software and internet startups, the hard IP coming in isn’t usually an issued patent, which is obviously different for biotech or other kinds of startups.

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Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

As the threat of cyberattacks grows, training in safe internet use and responding to external threats is vital for all IT workers. Don’t make the mistake of thinking cybercrimes only happen to large corporations. These include financial institutions and advisors, payment solutions, and medical clinics.

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United States Security Social Media Global 100

Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. 1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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Widget Sales Cycle Social Network Government 60

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

While I am extremely proud of that team’s accomplishments (the parent company recombined Nordstrom.com in 2002 and the direct division now has revenue of over $1.25B and is the fastest growing unit inside of Nordstrom ), I built a healthy respect for the complexities and difficulties of managing women’s fashion inventory.

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This environment allowed Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to build a modern day conglomerate: an Internet platform providing commerce, entertainment and financial services to a middle class that numbers over 300 million (and expected to reach nearly 1 billion in the next 20 years).

India 40

India China Africa Government 40

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock. For most software and internet startups, the hard IP coming in is usually isn’t an issued patent, which is obviously different for biotech or other kinds of startups.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The founder and CEO of Blinds.com – a leading Internet retailer of custom window treatments on the internet, specializing in blinds, shades, shutters and draperies – confesses that he was a jerk of a boss who used to terrorize his employees and micro-managed every detail of his business. Transformation.

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Alaska Houston Employee Leadership 216

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 2, 2018

? [ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Alice Seba started out online in 2002, after the birth of her first child. She wanted to figure out a way to avoid working a job so she could spend more time with her son.

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RSS Entrepreneur Internet 69

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). Led By Entrepreneurs.

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Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I believe the phase we are currently in began in the early 1990′s with the invention of the World Wide Web and subsequent emergence of the commercial Internet. If you read Marc’s article carefully, you see the seeds of the current destruction of many traditional businesses in the pre-dotcom bubble efforts.

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Web Internet Government Software 139

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble.

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. Facebook Fans Recent & Upcoming Events 2010 I am experimenting with using Plancast to track my 2010 event schedule.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Since 2002, the law form of Fenwick & West has conducted a venture capital survey, a response to "the burst of the 'dot-come bubble' and a desire to provide the entrepreneurial community with objective information about the status of the venture environment."

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Preferred Stock Silicon Valley Seed Stage Venture Capital 115

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 8, 2016

In 1998, when I started ending up with lots of shares in public Internet companies, I came up with a formulaic approach for any public equities that are distributed to me (either from our funds or other VC funds). In 2002, I decided not to own any public company stocks except for companies that I directly invested in as private companies.

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Flash Equity Stock Finance 70

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock. For most software and internet startups, the hard IP coming in is usually isn’t an issued patent, which is obviously different for biotech or other kinds of startups.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The “advertising is dying” drumbeat started in November 2002 when Gallup released this study that proved traditional advertising expenditures were not generating results. At the time, experts claimed that traditional ads would be replaced by digital advertising as Google started its rule over the internet.

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Marketing Entrepreneur Demand Advertising 93

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Internet and Online Business. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. Leadership. Strategy and Planning. Human Resources (HR). Employee Benefits.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I’ve been through the “what’s next” discussion with Amy several times, including in 2004 when I doubled down on Mobius Venture Capital (instead of packing it up and calling it quits), in 2006 when we decided to start Techstars and Foundry Group, and again in 2013 after spending six months being extremely depressed.

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Alaska Widget Colorado Angel Investor 166