The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s Capital Solutions.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. They are operators, through and through.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Thanks to Roman Zhuravlyov, Integrated Distributed Ledgers ! #11- My knowledge base has grown immensely too because I have had the opportunity to work with many new clients and partners. Global Financial Crisis in 2008). This is the best that I see in entrepreneurship in my field. 11- Inventing a product.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Chad Tampa Community 126

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Hearpreneur

MARCH 8, 2019

Shortly after I graduated from Harvard in 2008, I started my career at Lehman Brothers. BankMobile created a disruptive low-cost operating model that allows us to provide low-cost banking services to those who have been left behind by the high-fee model of traditional banking. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

Artificial Inteligence 67

Artificial Inteligence Bankruptcy Mobile Cofounder 67

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2015

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. Benoît Gruber joined Sage in 2008 and is the Vice President of Corporate Communication for Sage Enterprise Market and Sage X3. Remain flexible for growth.

Global 100

Global Cloud Agile Employee 100

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. CooTek is Chinese but targeted Western consumers first. But on the other hand they have more time.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. I have seen many slices of the data.

LP 374

LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2011

“I also want to provide a new distribution method for talented designers who are already creating paper wedding invitations.&#. “By the summer of 2008, I had quit my full-time job to start writing the business plan, wire-framing the software and setting up the operations,&# says Westberg.

Management 159

Management Colorado Technology Distribution 159

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Elite education is too expensive, and it’s available to too few,” said John Doerr , one of the venture capitalist partners backing Coursera. There’s 2tor (aka tutor), a 2008 startup working to develop high-quality online courses with accredited universities. Many companies, such as Coursera , make their services available for free.

Venture Capital 96

Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John also spent several years at The New York Times Company at NYTimes.com running strategy, marketing, and operations. He also spent a number of years at the New York times company at NYT, I guess it's NY times dot com, running strategy, marketing, and operations. John Jantsch (02:20): Yeah. So let's go.

Community 69

Community New York Small Business New York City 69

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 27, 2010

In Australia the tax year runs from July to June, and in the 2008-2009 tax year I made over half a million dollars in revenue doing what I do online. Yes you can make a million dollars without needing distribution (like through property or shares), but for those who do it with a business, they generally have a means to access lots of people.

Affiliate 111

Affiliate Internet Business Model Australia 111

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.”

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. My partners and I founded Reel Paper with the goal of adding the positive experience of social responsibility to the simple e-comm purchase of a household staple: toilet paper.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2020

So if Tesla didn’t come onto the scene in 2008 with a real, compelling reason to exist (create the world’s best electric vehicle and make it fun to drive and stunning to look at) it would never have a chance to compete with established incumbents. Fourth, identify your top three major operational issues each quarter and fix them.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Social Media Audience Conversion 117

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. There were none in the firm, so I remember asking him if he knew of any general partners who were women in the Boston area. In a place where there are many, many venture capital firms, he couldn't think of a single female general partner.

Founder 68

Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. Marketing/Sales/Partners. Sales channels, sales and marketing partners. – No partners identified. ++. Key partners in place. million to a high of $3.4

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And content distribution. Well, I think a stellar example for that business specifically, is the Norway based companies Schibsted, and their head of operations said in the early 90s, he said the internet is perfect for classified ads, classified ads are perfect for the internet. How do you decide what to do about it?

eCommerce 58

eCommerce Norway Internet Advertising 58

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2020

Further still are the discussions that we may eventually be stuck–similar to the Great Recession of 2008–in a recovery that excludes jobs as we emerge from this cluster. It also de-risked their operational expenses by moving employers to contractors , making the relationship much more flexible. Become a viral success.

Startup 120

Startup SEO Private Equity Venture Capital 120

Up and Running

AUGUST 3, 2012

” That was the question one of my students asked me three years ago when I quietly told him my plan to start a design museum in Boston with my friend and business partner, Derek Cascio. Remember 2008/2009? We now have an incredible network of spaces, partners, and supporters. My reply to him: “I have no idea.”

Boston 86

Boston Design Architecture New York City 86

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

Peru 96

Peru Technical Review North America 96

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion in 2008 and $8.8 billion, 7 percent below 2008 levels ($2.74 The average deal size in 2009 was $40 million, an increase of 21 percent from $33 million in 2008. In 2008, Teva acquired American company Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic birth control pills, for about $7.5 billion in 2009, compared with $10.8

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

VSP partnered with Live Person and has been operating since 2006 as AEI Technology. Founded in 2008 by Ms. POSE has created a Point Of Sale system (POS) for small businesses, which can be operated from PCs, tablets and connected mobile devices. Emma Butin.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup 131

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Saba currently works as the operations manager (Sumo) at AppSumo. Today, Goldstar works directly with 4,000 venue partners to connect them with their huge and growing audience. Founded in 2008, GitHub offers public and private source code hosting to companies and open source projects using either git or subversion.

Bootstrapping 78

Bootstrapping Startup Cofounder Salary 78

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. Read the full post — Alex Rampell , a16z fintech general partner, and Scott Kupor , a16z managing partner What’s inside your (mobile) bank?

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Content, including articles, guides, and case studies, can still generate prospects and customers consistently—you just need to approach distribution from a different angle. Way back in 2008, an obscure SaaS company called Zuora started talking—loudly and endlessly—about the “ subscription economy.

B2B 133

B2B Marketing SEO Search 133

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

Our system is managed by a patent-pending combination of distributed, grid and peer to peer technologies along with sophisticated analytic algorithms to do the smart matching beween your media and the device. It’s all based on growth and on opening the capabilities of the Libox distribution platform to the community.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund. From my vantage point, today’s negative financial sentiment most closely resembles 2008. If we are headed for a prolonged downturn, there are some tactical lessons from the 2008 era, namely preserving capital and staying focused on your long-term vision.

Cloud 200

Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. This highest quality of the traffic information, never achieved before, together with the perfect applications generate significant revenues for the operator and maintain customers’ loyalty.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Then in 2008, he had a revelation from his experience on the Penn endowment board about how to democratize investing advice and “accidentally” founded a new company to do it. I was the second partner to opt out. This has always been a theme among all the Benchmark partners. Having helped create the culture, I believed in it.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. Eric, I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner. I was especially moved by this: "I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner.

Community 158

Community Management Lean Software Review 158

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

This had an impact on the 2008 election where apparently groups of DIGG publishers would promote positive stories about Obama and negative stories about Hillary Clinton (sound familiar?). Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?” For example, one product alone — Tasty — is consumed by 500 million people per month.

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210