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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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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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

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Twitter had a fundamentally flawed strategy from the beginning. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

Strategies to Build Mental Toughness Entrepreneurial resilience isn’t something you either have or don’t—it’s a mindset you can develop over time. Brian Chesky (Airbnb): Launched during the 2008 recession, faced legal battles, trust issues, and scaling challenges—but persisted through relentless adaptation.

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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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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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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 In 2008, Airbnb was born out of the humble search for a spare air mattress.

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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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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

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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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “What we do is that work of coordination with all the ministries.

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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. Paystone , a payments and integrated software company, secured another strategic investment this year, this time $23.8

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. Uprise’s financial recommendations for Gen Z. Image Credits: Uprise. Jessica Chen Riolfi and Chris Goodmacher co-founded the company in March 2021 as a free financial planning tool for Gen Zers.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Launched in 2008 in Dublin, AccountsIQ’s cloud-based FMS aims to simplify how multi-entity businesses “capture, process and report” their financial results.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

In this final part, we will explore how Duolingo is using a variety of strategies, from rewriting its courses to what it dubs Operation Birdbrain, to become a more effective learning tool, all while balancing the need to keep the growth and monetization engines stoked while en route to an IPO. Instead, it’s in study mode.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate.

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