Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell! It is the new cocktail party conversation.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. We think of it much more in terms of how many employees does the company have? Suppose you trace the history of Netflix, which we’ve invested in since 1999 and are still one of the largest shareholders. I enjoyed this conversation. . Welcome, David.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. 31% referral conversion rate. Total Conversion: 41.19%.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. It’s worked out: The black bar is when Drift committed fully to “conversational marketing.”

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

When we talk about what happens next, we often frame the conversation in reactive terms. In January 1995, it had around 100 employees. A few months later, it had 200 employees. It was 1999. But then a friend of mine from college, Peter Thiel, asked me to join his company, PayPal, as a full-time employee.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Consumer RSS: 1999-2010 - Venture Chronicles , September 11, 2010 paidContent made an interesting connection about Bloglines being shut down and the broader question of RSS in the age of Twitter.

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