TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more Opportunity funds typically have better economics for the LPs who invest in them. Where are we today?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

VCs should be excited about the coming buying opportunities. Startups that managed their finances wisely now can boast a strong balance sheet, lower expenses and plenty of cash. Today, similar opportunities exist in SaaS and web3. Startups slowed spending during the pandemic and extended their runways.

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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. Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

But, when I had the opportunity to join a high-growth startup with a team I liked and trusted, I leapt at it. In a review of MBA students, the study found about 36 percent of females chose a risky career in finance (like investment banking or trading), compared to 57 percent of their male counterparts. when opportunity strikes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems. “We welcome the Energy Compact commitments made by Husk Power and appreciate their leadership.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. To capitalize on this excellent growth opportunity, some entrepreneurs tend to make significant changes in a model that has been working reasonably well for them. Blade years usually last for 3 to 4 years, and the revenue generated is meagre.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2008, he ended up in a clinic, spending $35,000 on every kind of blood, stool, saliva or urine test there was to figure out why he continued to get sick. It’s about the growth and the opportunity to continue to drive innovation,” he added. “We Image Credits: Athletic Greens. “I

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. The groups source their own investment opportunities through personal networks or external platforms, as Tribevest is “investment-agnostic,” according to Smith. . The Tribevest dashboard Image Credits: Tribevest.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

I’ll be honest, the diversity of the answers surprised me — ranging from how climate and workforce mobility are edtech’s next opportunities to how the departure of tourist VCs is playing out differently depending on company stages. The tone also felt balanced: Many admitted that things have changed, but opportunity continues to exist.

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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. Markets have reacted, and valuation multiples for both public and private companies have been heavily compromised, leaving growth investors in fear of losing the opportunity to secure targeted returns.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Simply put, equity risk premiums (ERPs) have broken down well below the ranges that were established since 2008. Opportunity cost is powerful indeed. The ERP calculates the projected S&P returns versus the returns of 10-year treasury bills (data from Morgan Stanley).

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is the focus for state and federal governments worldwide, many finding ways to reward innovators with tax incentives or investors with tax credits to finance innovative new enterprises. It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

McIlwain also worked with Shim when they were both at Farecast, which was bought by Microsoft in 2008. There is a huge opportunity for someone to get hints,” he added. As part of the investment, Matt McIlwain, managing director at Madrona Venture Group, is joining Read’s board of directors.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 9, 2022

But that just might be the best thing for the industry… Photo by Conny Schneider on Unsplash Nour Haridy, founder of DeFi protocol Inverse Finance, a self-proclaimed “decentralized global central bank” is one of many prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry who has been tweeting for months about the inevitable demise of the UST stablecoin.

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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. Or worse yet they may never get financed. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. That’s a fact.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. Customer feedback is a development opportunity. Paystone , a payments and integrated software company, secured another strategic investment this year, this time $23.8

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

But former Google AI tech leader Tomas Vykruta is taking a different tack with EvolutionIQ , which works with insurers to analyze claimant data and third-party information to identify “high-opportunity” claims — specifically those involving bodily injury. ” Market opportunity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2018

As Stuart Brown, the author of Play , puts it, “when employees have the opportunity to play, they actually increase their productivity, engagement and morale.”. Kirsten’s first assignment for me was to keep my eyes peeled for even the smallest opportunities to bring playfulness to work and assured me that the fun would follow. .”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If you’re an EO member seeking acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, exit transactions, financing, investment opportunity or member-to-member deal experiences, MyEO DX is for you. In 2008, a friend asked me to help him commercialize an invention for making frames for tables, desks and a wide variety of other applications.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2016

When Annmarie Lanesey co-founded a software development business in Troy, NY in 2008, she saw business ownership as a means to successful living. By Annmarie Lanesey, EO Albany member and co-founder of Greane Tree Technology .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 10, 2021

i2E first got to know Blaine back in 2008 when, as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, his team placed first in the graduate division of the Donald W. After completing his MBA, Blaine went to work in finance for Charlesson, an early stage drug development company. i2E has managed the statewide competition for 17 years.).

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

It is the focus for state and federal governments worldwide, many finding ways to reward innovators with tax incentives or investors with tax credits to finance innovative new enterprises. It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team. Tatiana says, “It is an honour to step into this role and have the opportunity to build on the legacy of our past decade and help forge the next one. Petruta Stoica, Finance Director.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Kyle Poyar, a partner at OpenView, the current downturn is creating similar opportunities for SaaS startups. In the years since, that deadly disaster has started reshaping local ecosystems by clearing out dead and diseased trees and reducing competition for resources like water and sunlight.

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Haystack

APRIL 27, 2018

At a minimum, getting to the Series A derisks (perhaps temporarily) a seed investment in a world where the shapes of investment outcomes can take a decade or more (consider, Uber is now a decade old and DocuSign, which just went public, was started in 2008). Historically, startups have by default relied on venture capital as financing source.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 1, 2020

There will be lots of great opportunities, both in your existing portfolio and new ones. The Alliance of Angels has survived the 2000 (dot com crash) and 2008 (mortgage crisis) downturns, with a group IRR of over 20%. This is the time to step back and realistically consider the probability of success with limited financing.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ramon spoke with two money experts — Carol Roth and Tricia Taitt — about how to handle finances and money during COVID-19. What the pandemic has done and what the recession did in 2008 and 2009 is refocus everybody back to the cash flow stage. . Did you prepare for something like this? Probably not, but that's ok! The Numbers of It.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We'll be doing more making sure *everyone* gets the opportunity to create innovative change versus just campaigning for people who look like ourselves in our own various constituent groups. Reader beware.).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In 2008, I was a medical device salesman frustrated with the fabric, fit and functionality of my undergarments,” says Patterson. “I As you grow, you’ll be presented with opportunities for partnerships, funding and even expansion into other categories. I wanted to find a better solution, so I created one.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Each facility houses about 50 companies so you really do get the opportunity to work with similar companies before “sizing out.&# It reminds me of PlugnPlay facilities which have long provided this kind of environment. Venture Financings we Discussed. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

In 2008, he started Bluechip Technologies with a friend, Kazeem Tewogbade as an enterprise company that provides data warehousing solutions and enterprise applications to banks, telcos, insurance firms. .” The ticket sizes will range from $20,000 to $100,000, focusing on startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and North Africa.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) was spun out, and the valuation was set by that financing round.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

They, in the service of the devil that is TradFi, will use any and every opportunity to poke fun at our economic / social experiment?—?gleefully Su and Kyle graduated university in 2008, the same year as myself, and at some subsequent point made their way to Asia Pacific as employees of TradFi banks / market makers.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 26, 2013

Consumer Credit - After the crash of 2008, bank lending collapsed. This created the opportunity for new forms of consumer lending like peer-to-peer lending championed by Prosper, Lending Club and many others. An alternate form of loan, crowdfunding is being used for everything from financing vacations to hardware development.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc.

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