2001 Internet Software Review 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
There were startups and a software industry but barely. The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. There was no money train. It was 1991. People were building.
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? Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers. I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 2, 2017
The decision process to purchase new enterprise application software can be daunting. A critical part of the evaluation process is to clearly understand the flexibilities a software provider offers to license and deploy the solution for your use. by Wayne Wedell , President and CEO of WorkWise, LLC. Named or Concurrent Users.
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. Here’s my take: 1.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property.
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