Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. 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.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Looking at the major markets in Latin America in 2018, most show increases in VC investment in keeping with the regional average. These markets have brought us to 2020 — outpacing them all — is Colombia. Colombia is an attractive market for technology companies. Market size. Increased connectivity.

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Colombia America Technical Review Startup 146

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Why does vintage matter to you?

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This equates to something in the neighborhood of a 10% IRR, which isn’t great given the illiquidity of the asset class and strength of the public markets. Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. How Have the More Recent Vintages Performed?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2017

New businesses are usually strapped for cash, which means that they don’t have enough money for costly marketing strategies. Quite the opposite, guerrilla marketing tactics offer the factor of surprise, which is exactly what it takes to generate buzz, draw the attention of a target audience, and improve visibility. Flash mobs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. I’m curious how you think about that pre-money in retrospect and in the context of “market” today.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

As the marketing industry developed, researchers dove deeper into buying behavior and buyers’ minds. His “Torches of Freedom” campaign in the 1920s promoted smoking among women as a symbol of liberation, opening a new market to cigarette companies. How far can subliminal marketing go? That’s a major limitation.

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Software Review Advertising Stealth Campaign 105

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Boasting a 91% success rate of all transactions brought to market, Business Exits will help you sell your business of maximum profit. Established in 2002, Synergy Business Brokers helps smaller businesses with annual revenue of $700,000 and $4 million. Digital Exits. Another leading company in the industry is Digital Exits.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2018

For small businesses, this is actually great news, as it opens the door to capturing market share from larger, less nimble competitors. The big “IF” however, is whether your brand is RELEVANT to your target market. Why do brands of all sizes assume that certain holidays will “get” their target market to buy a product?

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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.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 23, 2014

After graduating from Stanford in mathematical and computer science when he was just 19, Eric joined the newly-formed enterprise software company Loudcloud (which became Opsware in 2002). He stayed briefly at HP as a vice president.

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Partner Software Review Technical Review Acquisition 74

Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

That usually means talking, in the pitch and in the business plan, about how similar companies in similar markets have been able to exit via selling out to a larger company. In 2002 I provided an exit for VCs who had invested in Palo Alto Software a few years earlier. The traditional exit strategy.

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Exit Strategy Software Review Angel Investor Startup 131

VC Cafe

MAY 26, 2022

“If you could get all the people in an organisation rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competitor in any time” Patrick Lencioni. The top reason startups fail is lack of market need. The Five Dysfunctions of a team. Running out of cash is the second one.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 11, 2017

I started Smart Bear in a recession (2002) and it went great. When the economy is good and the product fits the market, sales are easy. If you choose a market that’s already large and growing (as we did), there are big opportunities with many niches. The answer is always yes. But it’s the wrong question.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The controlled decentralization of major industries has been dubbed a “socialist market” movement. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi. We need this dedication now more than ever.

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India China Technical Review Africa 85

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

Department of Commerce & the Minority Business Development Agency, between 2002 and 2007, diverse-owned firms outpaced the growth of non-diverse firms in gross receipts and employment. domestic market. domestic market. Women-owned businesses, according to the Forte Foundation represent about 775,000 new startups per year.

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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.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Therefore, if you want to bring an MVP ( Minimum Viable Product ) to market, Werdelin approximates that you’ll need $50,000 to $250,000 , depending on the skill sets of the developers and designers you hire. It becomes increasingly difficult when you’re trying to scale your business both from engineering perspective and market penetration.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Growthink Blog

MARCH 28, 2011

Try this on for size – an analysis of over 300 patents acquired between 2002-2008 found an average price per patent of $383,000 ! Each year, Growthink reviews hundreds of startup and emerging company opportunities and selects those with the best management teams, market opportunities, and financial prospects. Begin it now. "

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Forecast Global 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. This is a new class of software that can adapt in real time to market changes. The efficiency gain is tremendous.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm API China 210

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Band of Angels Website FAQ.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Rob Meyerson. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Rob Meyerson. More About The Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Check it out here.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” ” If you don’t create the message about yourself, the market will. Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most?

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Technical Review Liquidation Preference Silicon Valley IP 150

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

It is important to transform your marketing communication from the old brand to the new brand in one go in order to ensure consistent messaging. Finally, marketers also need to work on the internal rebranding. So between 2002 and 2007, Compaq continued to use their logo with little change. HP Merger With Compaq.

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Merger Campaign PR Software 124

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2014

The organization builds awareness through events and outreach – historically their most popular fundraising effort has been their annual Walk to Defeat ALS , which since 2002 has raised almost $200 million in donations. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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Viral Marketing Social Media Public Relations 83

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2019

It’s not surprising to see 20-somethings creating innovations, starting their businesses, investing in the stock market, and more. Buying and selling precious coins require knowledge studying coin price guides and reading market reports. A 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle was sold at an auction for more than $7 million in 2002.

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Entrepreneur Portfolio Stock Reputation 165

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

Neuroscience Solutions Corporation (founded in 2002 and rebranded to BrainHQ ), Lumosity (founded in 2005) and Fitbrains (2007, now a Rosetta Stone company) are the most well known examples of second wave cognitive gaming. From this, we can see the third wave of cognitive games designed to take advantage of this market.

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Marketing Mobile Cofounder Venture Capital 162

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

That transformation offers an important lesson for startups about marketing and branding. Apple’s Think Different campaign (which ran from 1997 to 2002) focused on the brand and not on specific products. Apple benefited from an enormous marketing budget. This is a very complicated world; it’s a very noisy world.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Advertising 126

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. Really, its a precursor to product/market fit. You may know “the secret of the market,” a secret that is revealed by spending time on something.

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Venture Capital Founder Angel Investor Portfolio 90

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

What about the efficient market hypothesis? Aren’t markets rational? If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). 3/29/2002: 82.5. Because markets are not logical; markets are emotional.

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Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Unlike the endless stream of predictions that are about to come out, it’s an analysis of the spread between the public market and private company valuations. Rates have risen significantly in the last eighteen months, pulling capital out of the equity markets and into the fixed income markets.

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DC Equity Hosting Valuation 112

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2016

Bill Gurley wrote an incredible post yesterday titled On the Road to Recap: Why the unicorn financing market just became dangerous … for all involved. In 2001 and 2002 I learned a brutal set of lessons, including experiencing that $100 million of paper money going to $0 when Interliant went bankrupt.

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Marketing Down Round Startup IRR 70

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Zhitao runs Hangzhou Liaison Interactive, which is a Chinese technology-based company founded in July 2002. These shares propelled him to billionaire status in 2015 when the firm’s market value soared. Ten years have passed since this crisis occurred. Source: Pexels.

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 142

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with his father in the family basement. But in the corporate world in 2002, no one was ready for it. So we started in the academic market — because they would actually buy. Still, academics made up Qualtrics’ core market for five years. Clips from their interviews are below.

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Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 145

YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

3G: Opening Up the App Market. One economic outgrowth of 3G was the explosion of the mobile app market. Introduced in 2008, by 2015 the mobile app market was generating $30 billion annually. The introduction of 3G in between 1998 and 2003 brought 200 Kbps speeds, four times faster than 3G. This ultimately increased to 7.2

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