Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity declined slightly in 2009, but remained substantially higher than the native-born rate. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board. Business-startup rates in America increased the most in the Midwest and South.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. in 2009 the market was completely constipated as investors focused on triage. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. Bad times are when M&A halts to a trickle and this is when many businesses are rushing to get exits. I avoided much of this.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. I have told this to people for years and some people can’t understand how we’ve been able to keep this strategy going through this bull market cycle and I tell people?—?discipline discipline & focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Founder Institute , founded by Adeo Ressi in 2009, claims over 4500 graduates, now up to 1,000 companies annually worldwide, with 90% of these companies still running. Y Combinator , led by Paul Graham, claims success with 3000 companies over 15 years, with a combined value of over $300 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. 5 years ago.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

users; there aren’t 13B humans) or run out of marketing channels for acquisition (GoDaddy’s customer growth rate is 13%/yr since 2009 ; at that rate it will take 18 years for them to 10x, assuming market size and conditions would even allow them to sustain that). At the high end, you hit market size limits (Facebook has 1.3B

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and published as an open-source code in January 2009. Bitcoin was initially introduced in 2009 but it took some time before the general public paid attention to them. Bitcoin appeals more towards the tech-savvy crowd of people because it lacks “middlemen” or centralised authority.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. It encourages a bit too much FOMO (fear of missing out) and over-valuation in companies and a desire to do huge financing rounds to be perceived as the “knock-out winner.”

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2022

Bitcoin is a digital currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown programmer, or group of programmers. Bitcoin has grown in popularity since its inception in 2009 becoming the top cryptocurrency available. Bitcoin value increased exponentially since 2009 when it was worth less than a dollar. What is Bitcoin?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

After all, Gmail wasn’t taken out of beta until 2009 — five years after it was originally released. Google is notorious for this, releasing many of its products in beta form — and sometimes even leaving them in that phase for years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

awe.sm (I have been an investor since 2009) has always provided these data through an API to allow developers to have social analytics embedded in their products or for internal use in their organization to drive more effective campaigns.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I first met Nick Halstead in 2009 when he was running a company called Tweetmeme (the predecessor to DataSift) who had invented the Retweet button and actually helped Twitter develop its early API. I remain as childishly giddy at Nick’s vision as I did in our conference hangout we had in 2009.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

since September 2009 and its Executive Vice President of Global Markets since until August 2012. Ralph Dangelmaier serves as the Chief Executive Officer at BlueSnap Inc. Dangelmaier served as the President of Global Markets and Services at ACI Worldwide Inc. He served as the President of P&H Solutions Inc.

Software 248

Software eCommerce Software Development Software Developers 248

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But the majority of technology companies that went public circa 1979-2009, with professional VCs as their investors, faced this challenge. The watershed moment was in 2009 when the co-founder of Netscape, Marc Andreessen, formed a venture firm and started to invest in founders with the goal of teaching them how to be CEOs for the long term.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Bitcoin was conceptualised in 1998 by Satoshi Nakamoto (thought to be possibly a pseudonym), however, the first official Bitcoin transaction did not occur until January 12th, 2009 when Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 Bitcoins for two Papa John’s pizzas (Dowling 2013). Conclusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

And with the crash of Sept 2009 – March 2009 the market cleared out created an open field in which to invest, go slowly, learn and let companies mature before they felt the need to be “hyped.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. Since I didn’t originally source the deal I let my co-investor set the terms and negotiate the deal with my consent. The company agreed on a price but felt it was a bit lower than they had hoped for.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Reputation Partner 356

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. But while Net Burn is the more critical figure at first blush and what most investors will focus on, Gross Burn is not irrelevant.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For example, according to ADP’s 2009 hiring index , 46 percent of résumés reviewed showed discrepancies. Research shows they’re not alone. Background checks of potential employees routinely show both minor and more concerning issues for employers.

Technical Review 219

Technical Review Partner Due Diligence Bankruptcy 219

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

After that meeting, I started working on the translation word by word over a number of weekends and published the Japanese edition of “The Four Steps Epiphany ” in May 2009 (now in its third printing.) Evangelizing Customer Development in Japan.

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Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 305

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Graduation day with classmate Joseph Helton (right), killed in action in Iraq in 2009. In 2007, I graduated United States Air Force Academy as a computer engineer and entered the Air Force’s acquisition corps , excited and confident about my ability to bring technology to bear for our airmen.

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Lean Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 271

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

For technologically inclined businesses, Texas has increased its STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce by 34,000 since 2009. The state is geographically huge and boasts a diverse and growing population. Austin in particular is a technological and cultural hub.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today. Meanwhile, Amazon famously claimed 1% fewer sales for each additional 100ms of latency. And retail sites are not alone; all sites will silently lose visitors who are made to wait. Framework Benchmarks.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2019

This is largely due to the fact that Microsoft hasn’t added updates to the media player since the year 2009! Windows Media Player not being updated since 2009 shows that Microsoft are no longer interested in advancing its functionality. KMPlayer was first released in 2002, but was acquired by Pandora TV in 2007. Conclusion.

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Media Audio Metadata Software Review 138

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Previously he was the VP of Applications at Fujitsu America from 2009-2012, responsible for product management, and delivery of Fujitsu’s applications and infrastructure for enterprise. Anant Kale founded AppZen in 2012 to bring AI into back offices around the world. He has 15+ years of experience in software development.

Artificial Inteligence 162

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

She was a top three finalist for the Tempe Chamber’s Business Woman of the Year Award in 2009, and was named to the San Diego Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO list in 2016 and 2017.

San Diego 170

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession.

Entrepreneur 166

Entrepreneur Valuation Incubator Initial Public Offering 166

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Kathryn co-founded Kabbage in 2009, and Kabbage has since provided more than $5 billion to SMBs through a fully-automated platform that allows customers to apply in minutes. Kathryn Petralia is the President and Co-Founder of Kabbage , an American Express Company.

Small Business 147

Small Business Cofounder United States Technical Review 147

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I started my healthcare company in 2009, at the height of the recession. I didn’t register for a single business class in college. I had nothing to go on but a gut feeling that I was wired to do this. I had every reason to fail. I was the mother of three children aged 4 and under, one with a debilitating health condition.

Technical Review 370

Technical Review United States Bootstrapping Venture Capital 370

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Bitcoin, created in 2009, was the first cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography to secure its transactions and to control the creation of new units. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not subject to government or financial institution control.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Due Diligence Government Security 153

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Top Hat had an early and continuous focus on revenue; they have been operating profitably since their launch in 2009. If we’d listened to outsiders it would have been a terrible idea because they would have told us not to do it.”. They focused on revenue early on. They hustle.

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Vertical Technical Review Cofounder Sales Cycle 131

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. If I didn’t assume this I shouldn’t write the check because I have to get involved knowing that I might pay that price. But entrepreneurs – convertible notes have no MINIMUM! I’m starting to hear it more often.

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Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. In 2009, they were almost out of cash and building a prototype for a service that would send text messages to any mobile device. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P. According to too Bloomberg, the U.S.

Entrepreneur 124

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2020

When Satoshi Nakamoto released Bitcoin in 2009 nobody thought that cryptocurrencies would be such a huge industry. Before that, trading forex was the only option for trading enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. But, it did not take too long and bitcoin started to take over with many other cryptocurrencies appearing also.

Artificial Inteligence 103

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Technology 103

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2009, he partnered with Gil Brady to form Relationship Impact, where they now help businesses build a structure for leadership teams to be more productive and effective in how they work together.

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