Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Working in wine during the financial crisis of 2008, I quickly noticed the opportunity to innovate within the alcohol logistics industry alongside my business colleague, Tim Elenteny. This notoriously complicated beast can make or break a business depending on how its members confront conflict and develop strategies for success.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

During the 2008 recession, while everyone else was hanging onto the gunwales of tossing ships, offering bargains, and hoping for a quick end to the pain, a restaurant near our office started remodeling. The following is my advice on how to not just survive, but thrive, during a downturn along with examples of how we’ve used these strategies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In 2008, Tyler Jorgenson was not in any position to give out strategies for business growth, as he is now. Let's look at specifically six of his strategies for business growth. 6 Powerful Strategies for Business Growth. You have to know your strategy. In fact, he was quite literally in the opposite situation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. If all else fails, angel-load away! It’s not terrible, it’s just not ideal if you can avoid it. Smaller crowds, larger dollars – you matter more to them.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

LPs failed to make capital calls in the late 90s during the dot-com bubble burst, after September 11, and during the financial crisis in 2008. In 2008-2009, the financial markets seized up, and there were quarters of complete uncertainty, but ultimately VCs started investing again and things normalized. This is not without precedent.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 Investing Strategy. Management should communicate how the board can help - strategy, markets, key hires, introductions. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! million and opened another office in San Francisco.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. Bu when you start to worry that the world is ending (as it seemed it was in late 2008 / early 2009) you tend to get worried about large burn rates. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. overvalued) and sell when the fall precipitously.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 4, 2023

My first company, a mortgage bank, succumbed to the 2008 mortgage crisis. The disparity between my two companies stems not from external circumstances but from internal elements: the people, leadership, systems, and strategy in place in my second endeavor. On a personal note, I’ve been there. 5000 list for four consecutive years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I’ve been searching for an intuitive foundation-shade-finder tool since launching Cult Beauty in 2008, and nothing has lived up to the experience of having a professional match you in daylight until I discovered MIME,” says Alexia Inge, founder of Cult Beauty.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Others recall the 2008 financial crisis. “You’ve probably never felt anything like this,” Rustand says. But we’ve all dealt with things that felt new and terrible at the time. Some of us remember the 2000 dot-com crash. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) The right number of deals will depend on your strategy. the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I heard this in an Entrepreneurs’ Organization Portland chapter monthly learning event with keynote speaker Mark Moses of Make Big Happen in 2008 at the beginning of the Great Recession. “During this recession, a third of your businesses will die, a third will barely survive, and a third will thrive.”

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. 10/26/2008 – Agency business and branded applications – No more ad network or mention of their own apps. Through our Brand Advocate Process, we plan , build, promote and monitor social media strategies that include "app-vertising".

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. million loss in 2008. million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Based on his time leading startups through the dotcom implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. When it’s OK to leave money on the table. What you need to do differently to fundraise during a downturn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I understand why he wants to differentiate himself but I wonder if a scorched Earth strategy against the main funding source for your company pays in the long run. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. We picked up activity aggressively in 2009.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 12, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss How to devise your startup’s strategy (yes, you do need one) Lessons learned from building and selling a dotcom business Let’s get to it. Every startup needs a strategy — but how do you devise one? But in the early 2000s, he was swept up in the dotcom boom.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2022

I’ve been asked by portfolio companies and plenty of others about how they should be changing their strategy given the stock market pullback and what they’ve been hearing on “VC twitter”. After the 2008 financial crash that nearly bankrupted the entire global economy, VCs took about a nine-month pause before getting back to normal.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Read more: PEHub.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first. Founded in 2000 by Russian-American entrepreneur Stepan Pachikov, Redwood City-based Evernote made handwriting recognition software for Windows and the eponymous note-taking, web-clipping app Evernote, which stored notes on an “infinite roll of paper.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

He says that more details will be provided on the new entity’s strategy and branding once the deal has formally closed. was established in Turkey in July 2008 and started its operations the following year as the country’s first “direct carrier billing” service provider.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 24, 2020

In the last US economic downturn in 2008-2009, my Forum and EO taught me that the keys to surviving are being the first to respond, taking quick decisive action and being agile. We also utilized a no-limit credit card to buy US$200,000 more plexiglass from another vendor. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

Dr. Bell also agreed to come on board, and all together, we collectively built the programme’s strategy, structure, and content. In the first year (2008), we had a meager budget, limited staff support, and only seven months to pull everything together. That’s how EO’s Global Leadership Academy (GLA) was born.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Induced by a pandemic and unprecedented state responses, it is even worse than the last international period of economic decline witnessed in 2008. During the period of economic turbulence in 2008, I formed my technology consultancy firm, ROCK. For most, 2008 was a time to avoid risk.

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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. This ultimately leads to more frugal post-funding strategies. The comparable valuations from last year cannot be supported today, and expectations should be managed.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

As a venture investor, I have invested in over 60 companies, and while many have gone public or been acquired, the journey has included pivots, near-death experiences and navigating through the 2008/2009 downturn. We then drastically cut product features, re-thought our go-to-market strategy and rightsized the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. There are 138 million smart phones in the US alone and … wait … 99 million tablets. Credit cards = less friction = more purchases = cha ching.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Shein, established in China in 2008, has been leveraging data analytics to forecast customer demand and produce clothing in small batches, effectively managing inventory costs. However, Shein intends to enhance its sourcing strategies by exploring suppliers from alternative countries.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

That empowers tourism and hospitality marketing managers to develop hyper-targeted, cost-effective advertising strategies that capture customer interest. Eric Morgan has spent 20 years focused on media strategy and promotional advertising tactics, and he loves what he does every day as the founder of Morgan & Co. ,

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Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since investing in startup companies is very risky, the only winning investor strategy is to pick well and invest in many companies. Nelson Gray , Europe’s 2008 Angel of the Year, suggests that crowd funding may lead to the “dead-end of an uninvestable proposition.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

How has this affected your edtech portfolio’s ability to grow, and how are you changing strategy? When it comes to workforce learning, we believe companies are taking a different approach than they did in 2008. It is important to acknowledge that this slowdown looks different from past downturns like the Great Recession. million U.S.

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