YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

trillion since 2001 due to traffic – a massive loss in productivity. In Manila, a study by the University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Study (UP NCTS) last year placed the average annual losses incurred due to traffic congestion in Metro Manila at over P137 billion as of 2011.

Philippines 190

Philippines SMS Spain Technical Review 190

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

After the dot.com crash in 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008, traditional investors who previously held their shares for the long-term — public pension funds, institutional investors and money managers — are now more interested in short-term gains.

Institutional Investors 271

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. I eventually needed more money. As a result I had to do a down round.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2011

Ever since writing Europe’s first B2B study of banner ads’ effect on indirect response in 2001 he has regularly been published online and in traditional media. See [link] for more, and to subscribe to future blogs and insight for free.

Entrepreneur 221

Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Cofounder SMS 221

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. The agreement was that both sets of investors would fund the combined entity, we would reduce overlapped costs and become a healthier company. We were going to avoid the embarrassment of being a total dot com flame out.

Germany 298

Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2011

The digital native, a term first coined by Marc Prensky in his seminal article Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants in 2001 (and later a book called – Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning “), is today known by many names.

Leadership 174

Leadership Technical Review Demand Mobile 174

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.

Employee 208

Employee Leadership Technical Review Hiring 208

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? A growing number of skeptics are openly talking of a ‘high tech bubble’.

Technical Review 170

Technical Review United States Software Review China 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

If you are new to the entrepreneur funding game, like Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were back in 2001, it pays to bring in a CEO such as Eric Schmidt to find investors, who was well-known to the investment community for his accomplishments at Sun Microsystems and Novell.

Sweat Equity 152

Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Startup 152

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I lived through this again September 2001. I lived through this again September 2001. Many companies that were in the process of raising money did not. It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. Anybody who didn’t close was dead. I don’t even need to mention the date for you to know what happened.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. And importantly you start thinking about your next gig. That’s when the VC has lost. I know because I’ve been there. I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. So we ( Blank , Reis , Osterwalder ) built the tools and created a new language for innovation and modern entrepreneurship.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry.

Burn Rate 263

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness.

Technical Cofounder 152

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Video New York City 152

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Of course, Excite also went bankrupt in 2001, so maybe five is a terrible number? By sheer coincidence, it is also the number of cofounders of Excite, which is where the Backblaze cofounders met. Excite became the fourth most popular website in the late 90’s, so maybe five is a great number.

Cofounder 143

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Kenya Dilution 143

YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2018

Worldwide presence:- Right from its inception in the year 2001, Admiral Markets have successfully made a name for itself in the world market. Following are some of the features which makes Admiral Markets one of the most sorted after trading service provider worldwide :-.

Cyprus 133

Cyprus Estonia Marketing Software 133

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004. Howard Diamond, a close friend and entrepreneur I’ve worked with since 1996 (now the CEO of MobileDay ), regularly criticized me as been too trusting, too willing to see the good in people, and too patient with people.

Technical Review 155

Technical Review Angel Investor Partner Database 155

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2013

In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. Leaders and employees must follow the same set of rules; otherwise the whole system breaks down.

Leadership 185

Leadership Employee Early Stage Naming 185

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2014

He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. Karlgaard is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Upside magazine, Garage Technology Partners, and Silicon Valley’s premier public business forum, the 7,500-member Churchill Club.

Indiana 171

Indiana Vertical Leadership Restful 171

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Surprisingly (or perhaps unsurprisingly), the answer to these are “NO” Not at least according to “ Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t “, a phenomenal business bestseller published in 2001 by renowned business author Jim Collins.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Merger Valuation Framework 159

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Wayne has lead WorkWise since 2001 and has been a leader in the enterprise systems space for over 20 years. Wayne Wedell is President and CEO of WorkWise , a software and solutions company specializing in helping small to medium size businesses with modern ERP and CRM solutions.

Software Review 113

Software Review Software Database Hosting 113

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues.

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley Technical Review Cofounder Lean 164

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2018

He previously cofounded Scintera, a fabless semiconductor company in 2001. Advanced and smarter video analytics solutions will be the baseline which other new and exciting solutions will draw from, and where we will be able to keep ourselves safe and to understand and measure the world around us.

Analytics 124

Analytics Security Southern California Video 124

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2013

Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc. Most companies have to enter this type of information multiple times making them inefficient, wasting valuable time and subjecting the data to error. Matt Peterson is the CEO of Lehi, Utah-based eFileCabinet , Inc. began as a cutting-edge tool to digitally store records in accounting firms.

Management 140

Management Retention Utah Software Review 140

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2016

Witness the struggle of the Segway human transporter, introduced back in 2001.Technology New technology solutions often raise the specter of new government regulations. Even the most obvious rules can take years to get debated and passed nationally or internationally. Technology can change faster than laws.

Las Vegas 120

Las Vegas Entrepreneur Technical Review Government 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. The mantra was as follows: “no one is coming to save us, we are going to make it on our own&#.

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 14, 2014

He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues.

Agile 196

Agile Leadership Architecture Product Development 196

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

With that in mind, the key tenets of agile development from the 2001 Agile Manifesto include: Satisfying customers through continuous, early delivery. Agile was created as a way to enable greater productivity and responsiveness in the software industry to changing customer demands. Harnessing change to improve product.

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Agile SCRUM Nashville Software Developers 100

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. It’s the extent of this phenomenon that has resulted in soaring businesses across the world. Some of the many ecommerce examples include Alibaba, Newegg, Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Target.

eCommerce 152

eCommerce Technical Review Social Media Analytics 152

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2014

In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. Explain why you object to the behavior and make sure the employee knows what consequences will be incurred if it continues.

Employee 187

Employee Leadership Customer Naming 187

Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2021

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, didn’t turn a profit until 2001, seven years after it was founded. Even the most profitable organizations in the world have had to endure fallow years when they were starting out. So, if it is what you really want to dedicate your time to, you have to be certain that it’s something you really love.

.Net 123

.Net Technical Review Early Stage Finance 123

Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

In 2001, they secured their second SBA loan for the business. After getting the loan, the business was able to weather 20 years of intense and growing competition from the internet, the elimination of airline commissions to travel agencies, and a lengthy economic recession to achieve over $240 million in revenues in 2010, a company record.

Columbus 134

Columbus SBA SBIR Utah 134

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001. He is also the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a column, Innovation Rules, known for its witty assessment of business and leadership issues.

Employee 189

Employee Balance Sheet Leadership Chicago 189