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. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. Laura Blue of LaunchLink PR corroborates Gerhardt’s message : It is during these times that brands need to be especially considerate about what and how they are communicating to customers, partners and stakeholders. Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

In 2002, Hewlett Packard signed a merger agreement with Compaq that would bring together the computer hardware businesses of the two businesses, each with revenues of over $40 billion. So between 2002 and 2007, Compaq continued to use their logo with little change. The first step was PR. HP Merger With Compaq.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 20, 2015

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH!

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