Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

There were two problems with my future career plans though: 1) I wasn’t very good at art, and 2) my parents made it clear there wasn’t a snowball’s chance that they would pay for me to go to art school. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. Investors will always look askance these days at a business plan which projects Amazon.com results. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. Investors will always look askance these days at a business plan which projects Amazon.com results. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire. Investors will always look askance these days at a business plan which projects Amazon.com results. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2014

So there you see another business dying, but it hadn’t really died. a California corporation, became an Oregon corporation in 1992, and the California corporation died in 1994. So there you see another business dying, and see it wasn’t. So, you know, I’m an entrepreneur. Palo Alto Software, Inc.,

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2013

Starting up a business requires a diversity of assets. First-time entrepreneurs often feel anxious when they think about all the factors that must play a role if their ideas are ever to get off the ground. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the Internet.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Plenty of well-known businesses have started with simple home-based roots. For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. entrepreneurs start their business at home. Think of it as a roadmap that will guide your business.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

Under-reported last week was the passing of Wayne Huizenga, one of the truly great entrepreneurs of the last 50 years. Because in his lifetime, he founded and grew not one, not two, but three multi-billion dollar businesses. With three different business models. In three separate industries.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars (two million six hundred thousand in today’s dollars) into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. So, what or who would be competitors?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2013

Steve Blank , a Silicon Valley mentor and serial-entrepreneur, recognized for developing the customer development methodology, says it best: No plan survives first contact with customers. Sure, he was talking about business models and business plans, but it applies to websites as well. Some tips. Image credit.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

The issue is a complex one, not least because the next generation of would-be entrepreneurs lacks the basic skills and knowledge needed to get a business up and running. Adjusted for inflation, that’s close to double the amount of debt students graduated with in 1994. The findings by CT Corporation aren’t exactly novel.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Surprisingly, many entrepreneurs immediately respond. There is no competition.”

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Surprisingly, many entrepreneurs immediately respond. There is no competition.”

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