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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. million.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. When he did manage to start his own business, it was short-lived and failed. Photo Credit: Paul Bowley.

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The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. million.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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How Long Should It Take For a Startup to Succeed?

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. million.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Originally from California, she now lives in Paris, where her involvement in the vibrant startup scene keeps her from spending too much time in the bakeries. The name is a bit misleading - you don't actually have to be young, but your project does. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research.

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Can You Beat Amazon In The Race To Overnight Success?

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. million.