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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

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. And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. It was 1991.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Labels: Europe Consumer , internet.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. internet. (6). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? How the use of internet is transform. ► 2006. (7). Cracking The Code. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. CornerstoneOnDemand. anecdotes. (13).

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5 Hot Ecommerce Trends to Watch

mashable.com

The metrics from SumAll show online retailers the real-time metrics that are having the biggest impact on their bottom line. According to Think Mobile with Google : 81% of smartphone users access the Internet on their mobile devices. 59% use the Internet on their phones while waiting. Remarketing. Matt Gentile.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. internet. (6). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? How the use of internet is transform. ► 2006. (7). Cracking The Code. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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Dear Avinash: Your Digital Marketing + Analytics Challenges Answered

Occam's Razor

I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. Fruition Internet Marketing. The post provides more detail. Joseph Boisseaux.

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