2006 Aggregator Customer Internet 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
In this time, building a successful business meant building a company that had paying customers quarter after quarter. It did not mean building a startup into a company to flip or hype on the market with no earnings or revenue, but building a company that had paying customers. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2012
13, 2006: This distinguished Nobel Peace Prize recipient pioneered the use of microcredits through the Grameen Bank, which he established in his native Bangladesh in 1983; many for-profit and nonprofit ventures these days utilize the same concept when investing in underprivileged regions. Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org
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Cracking the Code
MARCH 12, 2010
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09!
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. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. ESPN, Forbes, AOL were customers. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).
Austin Startup
JULY 5, 2017
Here’s part 1 from 2006. This may increase transportation use in aggregate, but it will accelerate the percentage of trips made using electric rather than internal combustion engines. But instead, Bezos executed towards a much larger vision: to generate revenue on every ecommerce transaction on the Internet. Scale is everything.
Startup Company Lawyer
MAY 26, 2012
The Internet has made it easier for individuals and organizations to raise money for charitable purposes, political campaigns, artists seeking support from fans and various other projects. This lending model was further refined, and peer-to-peer lending companies like Prosper emerged in 2006 and Lending Club emerged in 2007.
om.co
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Before I started GigaOm (the company) in June 2006, I had never really worked for a startup. In May 2006 when folks from True Ventures gave me the check (with a message on the back saying “go make your dream come true”), I went into a panic mode. I am still not sure, but the trend was clearly my friend.
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