Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

billion from 49 listings, and represented the strongest annual period for IPOs since 2000. Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Lastly, he touched on the distrust of equity following the bubble in 2000, and that, particularly on the East Coast, people need to see good exits and good exits that reward employees. He added that current Internet trends favor NYC, given the reliance on creativity, design, and the importance of consumers – all areas in which NYC excels.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

100,000/mo means Global 2000 only, large-scale projects that require multiple departments for decision and approval, long sales cycles (9-18 months) which requires massive cash spend to bide your time. ZenDesk, Box) or performance-based (e.g.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000. They had a model such that customers had to make two trips (to purchase and return) for any VHS.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. Prior to First Round Capital, Howard had invested in two of Josh’s companies Infonautics Corp. and Half.com. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I know because I did this in early 2000. Don’t Blow Your Wad Early – There is a temptation of startups to announce that they’re “first&# at something so they rush to market with announcements. We rushed to market to be first and got great coverage in the Financial Times (we were in London).

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000. After all, napkin math tells us that if requests take 200 milliseconds, only five requests per second would saturate a processor core. Those requests had better be worth it!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But yeah, I think we're over 2000. Sara Nay (02:30): So you've possibly listened to John interview guests 2000 times or so at this point. I mean, AI can take 2000 resumes and really analyze them for exactly what you're looking for. So I dunno what that adds up to.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. People feared they were going to have a monopoly over the Internet due to “bunding&# Internet Explorer with their operating system.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

He founded software development company Logic Software in 2000, followed by Easy Projects in 2003, with the aim to enable project managers to create, manage and update projects quickly and easily. Vadim Katcherovski is the Founder and CEO of Project Management software platform, Easy Projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. When the masses start all running one way without questioning “why?&# – and when it defies any logic I can figure out in my head – I call bullshit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. Requirements: You must be a safe driver, not afraid to put miles on your ride and an iPhone or Android in order to use the Lyft mobile app.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It was early 2000. I’ve been preaching the “don’t get ahead of your inherent valuation&# message for nearly 10 years. I raised my A round at a $31.5 million post-money valuation with no revenue. That was market. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Guy Cooper is Managing Director of Wave Digital , an Australian app development company founded in 2000. If an app developer doesn’t push back, you may find yourself signed up to a project that surprisingly (or not!) encounters delays. The post 4 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An App Developer appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. That year, we merged two companies: Return Path and Veripost.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. Much like the early 2000’s, the market environment is fairly tepid given a prolonged period of weakness in startup financing activity and exits. have to do with timing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. Relationships are best built while working and learning together, rather than over drinks at a mixer or industry conference. Countless startup teams have already been spawned from these.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2012

He co-founded Archiweb in 1998, an award-winning leader among web design companies in SE Europe, and envisioned the later-to-be stock agency in early 2000. With over 12 years of experience in design and new media, Serban has proven to be a skilled executive, successfully blending creative and executive abilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

But privately here is what I say every week, “I was at the dot com cocktail party in 99-2000. I decided to stop talking about this publicly because I realized that nobody likes to hear this. We were all drunk & stupid. The hangover was sure painful for everybody involved. 2011 is one big cocktail party all over again.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

Around 80% of all major power outages that occurred from 2000 to 2023 were caused by weather. Thus, having an emergency backup in the form of a generator is extremely useful to minimize downtimes and their financial effect. Texas, Michigan, and California were among the most impacted states by weather-related outages.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2018

Regarding that you receive 2000 clicks per month to your website, you’re able to use Facebook ads in a personalised way to your audience, driving cheap, targeted clicks through to your website.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2018

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Today it’s North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website, with millions of visitors to the site each month and partnerships with more than 17,000 animal shelters, pet rescue groups, humane societies and shelters.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Founded in 2000, by 2010, the company’s fleet already had 8,000 cars. Among real examples, companies that have improved their efficiency through corporate car sharing software, one can highlight the case of the American company Zipcar. The company provides self-service car sharing services.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2016

After receiving 50 responses from the college website, 500 from the developer-focused job board, and 2000 from the national job board, you find two candidates worth interviewing from each source.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 24, 2020

I started doing this in 2000 and it took me about four years to learn how to just turn off the switch completely for a week and then turn it back on. Every quarter I try to take a week completely off the grid. It’s a cold reboot for me, not simply a Ctrl-Alt-Del type thing. He got some of it really right and some of it really wrong.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Here’s an example of how they made performance-based compensation work: If someone sold 100 cases in April 2000, and 100 cases in April 2001 (these numbers are unrealistically small for simplicity), their commission would be the same in both years.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. For many, it’s been a struggle. But the Affordable Care Act has changed the game.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Beyond the top coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple; there are more than 2000 other coins in the market and some of them are still young and small enough to potentially outperform Bitcoin in terms of growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There’s a lot you can say about the cohort born between 1982 and 2000. by Kelly Morr, Senior Manager of Content Strategy at 99designs. A generation brought up with constantly evolving technologies, Millennials are the most digitally aware and technically savvy of any preceding age group.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 20, 2023

Honorable ministers, […] The post 2000+ students and 100+ creatives engage in a cultural and literary festival building creative confidence appeared first on Peerbagh. This groundbreaking event promises to showcase the rich cultural tapestry of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territories of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

In 2000, when a slowdown in the industry forced a sharp refocusing of the company’s efforts, UEC enlisted the SBDC in helping expand into federal contracting. The Center helped the company in several ways, including creating a profile with Central Contractor Registration, navigating federal listings for contracts, and preparing proposals.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. People feared they were going to have a monopoly over the Internet due to “bunding&# Internet Explorer with their operating system. A bit laughable in 2010, just 12 years later.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

SiliconHills

JANUARY 20, 2019

billion in 2018, the highest on record since the dot-com boom in 2000, according to the latest MoneyTree Report from PwC and CB Insights. The post Austin’s 2018 VC Funding Hits Records Levels not Seen Since 2000 appeared first on SiliconHills. Venture capital investments in Austin rose 70 percent in 2018, from $783.4

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. Version 1 was built without customer feedback, and before version 1 was complete work had already started on version 2 so it took till version 3 before the customer was really heard (e.g. Microsoft Windows 3.0).

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