Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

But I had been down this road in 2000 and I saw how punishing markets could be when you didn’t sell and had an offer. Startup Advice' In hindsight we know the market was sure there (whether or not we would have captured it is a different story). VCs even offered me to cash out seven figures personally not to sell.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. Advice, coaching, intros? All viral adoption starts with one thing – great content. That’s what JibJab focused on. They did a rap battle between Bush & Gore – I tracked it down.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Even more interesting is that at GRP Partners (the VC firm where I’m a partner) our two most successful returns from our previous fund [which is ranked as the top performing fund in the country for its 2000 vintage according to Prequin] were both run by women! But then the truth sets in.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As Wikipedia’s Dot-com Bubble Crash page aptly explains, the Nasdaq composite rose 400% between 1995 and 2000, and everyone who mattered acted as if the party would never end. ” Before problems arise and between regularly scheduled meetings, entrepreneurs should get comfortable with asking for help and advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time.

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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). If you are thinking about angel investors please read this piece I did on Angel Funding Advice. Tags: Start-up Advice. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. I eventually needed more money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Tags: Start-up Advice. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Senior exec team is ex-QPass (mobile payments platform sold to Amdocs).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. It was early 2000. So my advice: go ahead and ask for a valuation that 2 years ago wouldn’t have been likely. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand. Here’s what I mean.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). Tags: Start-up Advice. Goldman Sachs (an investor in our company) told us we’d IPO within 18 months for $1 billion so not to take any offers. I acknowledge it was a mistake. We were hot.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. My advice to entrepreneurs is to have a sense of purpose and stick to that regardless of what you’re reading in TechCrunch or Business Insider. Ameet said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, just wait for the next downturn.&#.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

So I immediately felt like I had a partner whom I could call for sensitive advice on topics where there aren’t many sources of input or mentorship. Even though our 2000 fund was the single best performing fund in the United States for that vintage, continuing to get investments wasn’t possible so we had to rebuild.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Below, we analyzed data from 77 US-based or -centric companies founded after 2000 that have a $5B+ market cap and highlighted what it takes to be Great by the numbers—and why growth is especially important on that journey. 7 (Please note that this isn’t investment advice from me or a16z!) What’s next Here’s the best part.

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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. To anybody who asks my advice I repeat the same line, “I don’t know whether this party will last 6 weeks, 6 months or 18 months. source: Capital IQ.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

My mentor’s advice felt like a parental reprimand. Many successes (and even more failures) later, the advice still rings true. His advice for business leaders is simple and follows in the same vein: Follow your effort, not your passion. Mike started working at Vector Marketing in 2000 as a student at Boston College.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Typically limited to giving advice or consuming, Title III will give non-accredited investors far more influence over products, services, and planning. Onevest does not give investment, legal or tax advice. will increase from 3.5 million to 233.7 INVEST IN STARTUPS. fund your startup. This site is operated by Onevest Corporation.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

I’ll share some advice based on work on entrepreneurial failure that I’ve done as a Harvard Business School professor. While this advice is mostly sound, following it blindly might actually boost your odds of failing. So, you should follow the conventional advice—most of the time.

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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. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations.

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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. To encourage people to run from skilled investors is bad advice. I decided to stop talking about this publicly because I realized that nobody likes to hear this. We were all drunk & stupid.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. What advice are you giving to your portfolio companies?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Tech firms generally are younger than other companies of a similar size, which partly explains why the median age of S&P 500 companies plunged to 33 years in 2018 from 85 years in 2000, according to McKinsey & Co. The others, at General Electric, General Motors and Goldman Sachs, each netted no more than 13% of votes.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

In 2000, the SEC adopted Regulation FD in response to growing concerns regarding “ selective disclosure.” ” Like it sounds, selective disclosure is the practice of supplying material non-public information to securities professionals or major investors before disseminating it to the general public.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

So when Goldman Sachs announced this week it was buying NextCapital – a fintech company that provides automated advice to corporate retirement plan participants – my ears perked up. At the height of the dot.com boom in the first quarter of 2000, the bank had invested in a record 53 startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In 2000, I founded VRX Studios, a global photography company for the travel and hospitality industry. Against sound advice, I decided to put my foot on the pedal and gun it. Your brain screams “brake” while your gut says “gun it.” It’s the same when it comes to your business decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

StockTwits) where you really want to know more about the person giving you advice. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. Enter Klout , a service that tracks the influence of individuals in social networks. It can be imported into other products (e.g.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Before problems arise and between regularly scheduled meetings, entrepreneurs should get comfortable with asking for help and advice. What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? Reaching out to share an update or ask questions sends a strong signal that you’re not waiting for someone to give you direction.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. On Monday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m.

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OkDork

MARCH 7, 2024

Sign up for AppSumo.com – we’re giving away a CYBERtruck for Sumo Day 4- Being public Back in 2000 (when I had luscious locks), I started blogging on okdork.com about things going on while I was in college. It sounds simple in hindsight… but that piece of advice changed everything. We did Netflix, Evernote, and Spotify.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). - Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. .&# If it works you’re a hero.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 15, 2022

YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with Gusto co-founder and CPO Tomer London to talk about building for new customer segments and the future of embedded finance — sharing advice for startup founders and CEOs along the way. Since 2000 an entire generation of business owners had to learn to trust online financial services.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

It was an Internet CEO roundtable in early 2000 (almost a year before the crash of the stock market) where it became obvious before the public was aware, that the bubble was just beginning to burst for such tech businesses. I contribute my two cents of advice, as do the others in the group. And this was years before COVID.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

She would also give Jimmy Buffet advice on merchandising and Golden Buffet on different menu changes. While there she was fascinated by how these aliens had achieved an impeccable 2000 straight quarters of growth. Having graduated from the prestigious Fiduciary University situated in Reconcile, Nebraska, she was unstoppable.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

There’s a lot of hard work involved but if you follow the steps I outline below, you’ll be well on your way to establishing yourself as someone people, media and companies gravitate toward for advice. I paid $2000 for an online course to teach me how to build a passive income business. My friends and family thought I’d gone mad.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Again, this is highly individualized so no generic advice can be offered. Anyone who meets with me privately these days gets this advice: The market is whack right now. As anyone raising money in April 2000, September 2001 or September 2008 can tell you that. The market is over-valued in 2011 relative to norms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Be careful about this advice. I know because I did this in early 2000. In the early days you don’t really want 3 extra teams hearing your ideas and gearing up to compete before you feel you’ve got a solid head start. Most people totally advise against stealth. Also be careful about VCs.

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