Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Bad times often require more capital but ironically this is when capital is dried up.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. The tightening of the public markets essentially has a domino effect that ultimately makes it harder for startups at any stage to secure capital.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Hedge funds on average have underperformed on a net of fees basis in both US equities and bonds since 2000. The HFRI Index returned 18.3%

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. The post In the News: Coronavirus, industry reinvention & venture capital appeared first on OurCrowd.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019. It made sense because a common playbook for consumer-facing startups was to build the product, prove PMF, raise capital from investors, and then deploy some/much/most of that capital in paid media to grow quickly.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. For this reason one of the most important companies for me at TC Disrupt was Datasift. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. provides you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

WorkRamp , which has built a platform that helps organizations build their own training materials, and then distribute them both to their workforce and to partners, has raised $17 million, a Series B round of funding that’s being led by OMERS Ventures, with Bow Capital also participating.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Deep tech refers to scientific or engineering innovations that disrupt existing industries through years of research, patent application, and other forms of intellectual property. Because of the time and investment needed to bring deep tech solutions to market, many startups require significant and sustained capital to get up and running.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sparked by a pair of scissors, some pantyhose and a party where founder, Sara Blakely , wanted to look her best, Spanx officially began production in 2000 and changed women’s fashion and fit forever. Sara Blakely / Spanx. Leah Sibener / 3T Biosciences.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted. The world continues to beat a path to your door until one day, when seemingly out of nowhere, the disruptor gets disrupted. In this era of endless innovation, there is only one thing you can do to stay competitive: you must learn how to disrupt yourself.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. Perhaps it’s no surprise, given Berry’s and Flagship’s track record that Valo has attracted believers.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Productivity growth, powered by technology, is the main driver of economic growth, wage growth, and the creation of new industries and new jobs, as people and capital are continuously freed to do more important, valuable things than in the past. The techno-capital machine makes natural selection work for us in the realm of ideas.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

If that is the capital of investing, then why not use it to improve not only the lives of people involved in business, but everybody else as well? . Between 2000 and 2015, for example, spending on education in the US grew 15%, but test scores have been stagnating. Spending on medical care reached an astounding $3.5 Going all in .

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

” This change in investor mentality is catalyzed by the increasing cost of startup capital. Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. And would might happen if the company didn’t spend all this capital?

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Second, the capital startups require to pursue those opportunities is plentiful. 2014 will be the third largest year in VC fundraising since 2000. But at the moment, founders are building impressively large, disruptive companies. Consequently, there are many huge opportunities for entrepreneurs to seize.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

The decline doesn’t seem to be letting up in 2019, with retailers shutting down 23% more stores than they did at the start of last year (2000+ store closings), according to Coresight Research. Even well-established brands like Toys “R” Us and Sears are not immune to these trends, both declaring bankruptcy in 2018.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Our events team had a great idea: If you got laid off, we are offering a free Expo Pass to TechCrunch Disrupt , no strings attached. What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? We’ll see you there! Christine and Haje. Bon appétit!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Founded in 2000 by Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Kumar Arora and Rajesh Agarwal, Micromax first started life as a small IT firm, making its first move into phones only in 2008. The troubles with sales also started to flare up tensions between founders and executives, which in turn impacted Micromax’s attempts to raise capital.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” android ecommerce Internet iphone IPO marketplaces Mobile Payment Regulation Twitter Uber Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Analysis Errors Sharing Economy TAM UberX'

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

And on the distant horizon, TechCrunch Disrupt will return to San Francisco on October 18. The struggle is real: It’s never a good look when, fresh from raising capital, a startup cuts a substantial portion of its staff. In other news, TechCrunch’s Summer Party yesterday was a major success — thanks to all who turned up!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Breakout companies become much harder and this isn’t likely to improve unless we give new companies the tools and capital they need to flourish. You think Turkey is going to be eager to allow the movement of capital it can’t track? Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Regulation will come.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

Just like on the Schuylkill, there are floaters lurking just below the surface of the capital markets. Unlike the human dead, the living dead of capital markets carry their possessions with them into the river Styx, bobbing just out of sight underneath opaque waters. and ultimately auctioned off in a fire sale.

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