Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. Tim Berry, the founder of Palo Alto Software and Bplans, says there is no better starting point than looking in the mirror.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete. So very few investors want Business Plans any more. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete?

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

In the early 1990s, my brother was working for a company that was going through the roof selling shareware software via catalog. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. So one night I just sat down and pounded out the business plan.”

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2014

Or they’ve been purchased by a larger business or two businesses combine, and these are like successful exits in growth which shows up as a business dying.” ” Palo Alto Software started out as an Infoplan in 1983, a DBA. So there you see another business dying, but it hadn’t really died.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2013

And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the Internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. Tim Berry, President and founder of Palo Alto Software, says there is no better starting point than looking in the mirror.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Thinking about starting a business from your home? 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.

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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. It’s unmoderated. Some tips.

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