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Viva La Revolucion! Why Cuba Is Truly a Country of Entrepreneurs
Inc Startups
MARCH 31, 2003
Cuba may have a new revolution -- an entrepreneurial one
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Elon Musk Just Revealed the Secret Story of Tesla on Twitter--and It Is Epic
Inc Startups
JUNE 9, 2017
It all started in 2003, when GM forcibly recalled all of its electric vehicles. No one could have predicted what would happen next.
SC man accused of chaining woman confessed to 2003 quadruple slaying, police say
Winston-Salem Journal State/Region News
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
WOODRUFF, S.C. — A South Carolina man accused of holding a woman chained inside a storage container was due in court for a bond hearing Sunday after investigators say he confessed to an unsolved quadruple murder that happened 13 years
No, the cloud model is not dead
deal architect
FEBRUARY 6, 2016
2003 was by the far the worst financial year for our The meltdown of stocks like LinkedIn, Tableau and Splunk is leading some people to say “cloud is the new dot.com”. To start with, the term dot.com brings painful memories.
Generational Transition In VC Firms
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Today, sometime around 5:30/6pm PT at the Upfront Summit , my partner Andy and I are going to talk about generational change in VC firms, in a talk moderated by Lindel Eakman , who has been our lead limited partner investor at USV since we started the firm in 2003. When my partner Brad Burnham and I started USV in 2003, we told prospective investors, including Lindel, that we had no intention of building an institution. I didn’t understand that in 2003, but I do now.
Try On The Decision For 30 Days
Feld Thoughts
MAY 17, 2016
In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. I woke up one morning in February 2003 and decided to spend a little time each day pretending like I had quit Mobius. In March 2003 I fully engaged in Mobius. While 2003 – 2006 was an incredible grind, I look back on that time period as one that I am satisfied with as we did manage to get Mobius to a stable place.
If I Could Start Over As An Entrepreneur Again This Is One Thing I Would Do Differently
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
AUGUST 17, 2016
It was the year 2003… Like most days, I started my morning lying in bed on my back, feeling a combination of excitement and stress as I stared at the ceiling, thinking about all the things I’d like to change about my life.
Optimism and Obstacles on the Road to Success with Stella & Dot
SiliconHills
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News In 2003, Jessica Herrin started Stella & Dot, making jewelry kits out of her home in Austin, Texas. This year, the company will do $220 million in revenue, Herrin said at Startup Grind 2014 in Mountain View, Calif. Stella & Dot sells boutique-style jewelry and accessories through […] The post Optimism and Obstacles on the Road to Success with Stella & Dot appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin
Age of companies when they achieve $1bn valuations
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 8, 2015
The fact that the trend has been going for some time – Google was founded in 1998 and Tesla and Facebook in 2003 and 2004 respectively – suggests that the bubble explanation can’t be the whole story.
The Hard Raise
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
OCTOBER 9, 2016
In the summer of 2003, Brad Burnham and I set out to raise a $100mm early stage venture capital fund. In the summer of 2003, Brad Burnham and I set out to raise a $100mm early stage venture capital fund. We had both been successful VCs in other firms and we had a thesis that the second wave of the Internet was upon us and that large networks were going to get built in this phase. The term “web 2.0”
The Billion Dollar Valuation Club
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
Aileen Lee has a really good post up on TechCrunch , in which she analyzes the number of companies that have been started since 2003 that have gone on to be worth $1bn or more. Aileen calculates it as roughly four per year (39 to be exact) in the ten years since 2003. This is a very useful exercise in the VC business since it is these big wins that produce the vast majority of returns in the business.
How the Declining Loonie is Attracting US Business for Canadian Agencies
Inc Startups
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
for the first time since 2003, causing a major shock to run through citizens who take their business outside the country The Canadian Dollar recently dipped below $0.70
Happy 10th Birthday, LinkedIn!
Numerate Choir
MAY 5, 2013
I had no knowledge of LinkedIn’s existence on the day it launched in 2003. Ten years ago today, LinkedIn was born. It’s radically changed my life over the past decade. But a few days later, I got an invitation from … Continue reading → Data
Go For Culture Add, Not Culture Fit
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 12, 2017
I’ve come to despise the phrase “culture fit.” ” I don’t remember when I first heard it, but it was many years ago. Over time, it became woven into the world of entrepreneurship, as companies used it as a primary frame of reference for hiring.
Customer (product) value trumps brand value – M&A data
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 15, 2015
It’s pretty stark – brand value as a percentage of enterprise value fell by nearly half in the ten years from 2003 to 2013.
We Were Right – Just a Decade Early
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 23, 2016
2003 – 2012 was the climb to Enlightenment. This is a line my friend Jerry Colonna uses when something like the AT&T – Time Warner deal occurs. As time passes, the line has shifted to “We were right – just fifteen years early.”
Technological Revolutions And Financial Capital
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
MAY 24, 2011
Back in 2003, when Brad and I were starting USV, we were struggling to make sense of the bubble and its aftermath, what it meant for technology and what it meant for venture capital.
Rooster Teeth Rules the YouTube Roost
SiliconHills
APRIL 17, 2014
Rooster Teeth celebrated its eleventh anniversary on April 1, and its much-loved series Red vs. Blue, which debuted in 2003, is now the longest-running American sci-fi show and has sold 1 million DVDs. […] The post Rooster Teeth Rules the YouTube Roost appeared first on SiliconHills. By LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News It might be the biggest online entertainment production house you’ve never heard of.
Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups
Feld Thoughts
JULY 25, 2013
The summer of 2003, I started an open-source (Drupal-based) project for the campaign (Deanspace), got a job in the campaign HQ in Burlington, VT, dropped out of school, and had about the most profound professional experience one could at age 19 in 2003. “Duh, you can raise a ton of money for a presidential campaign online” is now common knowledge, but in 2003, we were looney. Following is a guest post by Zack Rosen , co-founder and CEO of Pantheon.
All you need to know about the 2015 EU VAT changes and how we implemented them at TNW
The Next Web
JANUARY 1, 2015
Note to tech companies outside the EU: Although nothing changes for you when selling digital products to EU companies or consumers, officially you have to charge VAT rates of the country of the buyer (since 2003).
[Infographic] Five Of The Top Email Mistakes That Will Send You To The Spam Folder
YoungUpstarts
MAY 4, 2015
For example, the CAN-SPAM ACT of 2003 dictates that that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) weed out promotional spam that violate its guidelines.
Topic Mining AVC
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
JANUARY 18, 2015
He did some data science on this blog, starting on September 23rd, 2003, which is when I wrote the first post here.
ICYMI: Google’s Self-Driving Car Project at SXSW
SiliconHills
MARCH 22, 2016
In 2003, the U.S. Defense Department launched the DARPA Grand Challenge to have a car drive 150 miles by itself across the Mojave desert from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. That’s when Google’s Chris Ursom, director of its self-driving car project, first got involved with autonomous cars. More than 100 teams registered the first year […] The post ICYMI: Google’s Self-Driving Car Project at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin
The Awesomeness of Battlestar Galactica
Feld Thoughts
JULY 14, 2013
I have no idea how I missed the re-imagining of the series in 2003. ” Season 1 from 2003 was stunningly good. I was totally fried and fighting off a cold yesterday so I decided to spend my digital sabbath on the couch watching Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica.
Europe’s growing share of $1bn startups
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Aileen Lee of early stage fund Cowboy ventures wrote a post for Techcrunch yesterday looking at the characteristics of 39 startups founded since 2003 that are worth over $1bn. Fred’s Hackpad lists $1bn+ value companies founded after 2003 and founded before 2003. She calls them ‘Unicorns’ There has been a lot of discussion since.
Happy 5th Anniversary linkedin (& congrats Reid, Dan & team :)
500 Hats
MAY 5, 2008
May 2003 Originally uploaded by Chris Congrats to Reid, Dan & the entire LinkedIn team (past & present) Youve come a long way baby. (& Master of 500 Hats A blog about Geeks, Entrepreneurs, & Startups in Silicon Valley, by Dave McClure. The Internet Revolution, Act III.
How Long Should It Take For a Startup to Succeed?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 6, 2013
Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.
4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. A question that I still hear debated often is whether a new startup growth strategy should focus on user count or profits.
Joining the Kauffman Fellows Board
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 5, 2016
In 2003, it was spun out of the Kauffman Foundation into a separate non-profit but, at the 20th reunion in Kansas City, the Kauffman Foundation made a new gift to the Kauffman Fellows Program to accelerate the midwestern venture capital ecosystem. In September, I joined the board of Kauffman Fellows. If you aren’t familiar with the Kauffman Fellows Program, it recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Life Is The Bucket
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 11, 2017
” I know him from an angel investment in Dogster, a company he founded and ran from 2003 to 2011 when he sold it to SAY Media. I’m sitting up in Amy’s office on a beautiful Tuesday morning listening to the Liz Wright station Pandora. Amy is downstairs doing something with the dogs. I just cried for a few minutes after reading Ted Rheingold’s post As I Lay Dying. When I got to the final section, which he calls “Now,” I read it three times.
6 Reasons Why The Google Leaders Were An Exception
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 26, 2017
In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception.
Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 29, 2016
This act, passed in 2003, establishes guidelines for sending behavior, content, and subscription compliance, while defining commercial email messages (which are different from transactional or relationship-based emails). Belgium – Etat des lieux en juillet 2003, July 4, 2003.
A Calling
charliecrystle.com
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
I met Judy Wicks in 2003 in Philadelphia at a meeting of the Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network. It''s been months since my last post. Forgive me, but I''ve been, well, thinking. She encouraged me to go to an SVN conference in the Fall, and seeking like-minded entrepreneurs, I did (and seeking campaign contributions, sadly). It was there that I learned about Greyston Bakery and dozens of
Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 24, 2015
I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.
My roller coaster ride as an entrepreneur
Jeff Hilimire
APRIL 1, 2014
2001 – 2003: Focused times (starting to figure out how to build a business). 2003 – 2008: Fast times (doubled every year for 5 years). I was honored a few weeks back to be asked to speak at Startup Grind Atlanta.
Can You Beat Amazon In The Race To Overnight Success?
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 31, 2016
Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.
5 Ways Our Lives Are Being Chronicled By Big Data
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 26, 2016
By some estimates , humankind now captures the same amount of data in any two days than in all of history prior to 2003. We are now solidly in the era of big data , where computers are capturing and processing the details of everything we do with all our interconnected devices in real time.
The Dentist Office Software Story
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
JULY 30, 2014
This is the reality that Brad and I stared at in 2003 as we were developing our initial investment thesis for USV. I’ve been telling this fictional story about Dentist Office Software for years to describe why we are so focused on our “networks” investment strategy. Yesterday I told it at a HackNY event we did at the USV office and my partner Albert provided a finishing touch that really drives it home.
Opening Up Our Research
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
OCTOBER 3, 2012
When Brad Burnham and I started USV back in 2003 and I had just started blogging, we spent a lot of time talking to potential investors in our first fund. One of their big questions we got from them about the kind of open firm we wanted to create was "how will you be able to make money if you share all of your proprietary insights?"
Report: Software Companies More Profitable
Inc Startups
MARCH 20, 2013
A report on 284 publicly traded software companies shows that profits in the space have increased by almost five-fold since 2003 to $75 billion, according to a study released yesterday. The average net income per employee is $3,700, a significant leap from a net loss of $61,600 in 2003.
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