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Startup Lessons: 4 Companies Facing Product Lawsuits

The Startup Magazine

A number of lawsuits followed, like in 1994 when a Texas man was awarded $15 million as compensation for accidentally shooting himself in the foot when using this rifle on a hunting trip. Blitz USA had to file for bankruptcy in 2012 because it was unable to afford its product liability insurance.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m going to start by going back to 1994. Using just two data points, the modem I had in 1986 and the modem I had in 1998, the spreadsheet predicts that I’d have a 25 megabit/second connection in 2012. It’s a wonderfully compelling idea, but it’s a little like video streaming in 1994: the hardware simply isn’t there yet.

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Build it and they won’t come: How and why growth hacking came to be

The Next Web

In early 2012, Pinterest became an overnight sensation and is now a major source of traffic for women-focused sites. Andrew Chen said CTRs have fallen from a high of 78 percent in 1994 (via HotWire) to.05 Channel instability. The creation and destruction of channels is a common occurrence today. 05 percent CTR on Facebook in 2011.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. Nutritionist Stacy Goldberg says she tried a lot of things before deciding on the idea for her company, Savorfull , in 2012. Get professional help. The expert: Stacy Goldberg, Savorfull.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Michael Parekh , a Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former Partner at Goldman Sachs, and Founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994, Michael has been living online since the early days of CompuServe in the 80s and AOL in the ’90s. Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2012. He is a member of the Family Office Council at Princeton University.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

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10 CEOs Who Made Huge Mistakes

Up and Running

The company saw its revenue drop by 25% in 2012, and Johnson was unceremoniously ousted from his position in April 2013. One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. in the three years it was on sale in the US, while the UK producers went bust in 2012.