Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Growth hacking has resonated in the startup community due to today’s growth challenges: new channel creation, channel saturation, the “best product” fallacy and “product-growth” fit. Since this change in the OpenGraph, both products have seen their traffic decline. The best product fallacy. Product-growth fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Established in 1986, most of its production comes from the U.S., Established in 1994, Realty Income is a quality choice for a monthly dividend stock. The post Entrepreneur Finance Advice: Top 5 Monthly Dividend Stocks appeared first on The Startup Magazine. though it has international properties, too. Apple Hospitality REIT.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

First-time entrepreneurs and small business founders often feel anxious when they think about all the factors that play into getting their idea off the ground. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. Starting up a business requires a lot of different steps.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

Amy likes to remind me that when I was an entrepreneur, I used to regularly give talks at MIT about entrepreneurship. I was one of the most prolific Internet angel investors in Boston at this point (1994 – 1995) so our paths crossed periodically. I’d say – very bluntly – “stay away from VCs.”

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my adolescent dreams up in flames, I decided to get back at my unsupportive mom and dad the only way I knew how: I became an entrepreneur. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. Beth’s advice. Stacy’s advice. Walk before you run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. 1994 – present. Angels relish the opportunity to invest in passionate and driven entrepreneurs with ambitious visions of the future – who doesn’t want to be part of the next wave of innovation? Time Period.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). First, there was the Industrial Revolution, followed by the Age of Steam and Railways; Steel & Heavy Engineering; Oil, Autos & Mass Production; and now the Information and Communications Technology Revolution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

and Product Placement in Movies – [link]. 24: The Unaired 1994 – [link]. Celebrities in Advertising Are Almost Always a Big Waste of Money – [link]. Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link]. One-way, outbound, non-conversational messages still work – [link]. Reeses Pieces, E.T. Phenomenal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Rajat Bhargava and I have been working together since 1994. She explores the entrepreneur – VC relationship and suggests four warning signs for an entrepreneur when interacting with a VC. The VC isn’t fascinated with your product. He (or she)’s just not that into you.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2017

It’s no secret that women have traditionally been paid less than men, but it can also be challenging for women entrepreneurs to find funding for startups. Entrepreneurs often fail to earn investments simply because they haven’t fully researched the best way to sell their ideas. See Also: What Do Venture Capital Firms Want?

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital. Most losses happen when you combine Market and Product risk – take one, not both, and take it with a proven entrepreneur.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. ” I hope you enjoy it. ” I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Scott [link].

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. This can serve as a guiding light to other entrepreneurs and CEOs. Far too often, people think that innovation is limited to the product, service, and technology.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

universities labs are being turned into commercial products and life saving drugs and devices thanks to an act of Congress – and the efforts of technology transfer offices in schools like Stanford and Columbia. From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Clips from their interview are below.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

While technology of the recent past has made businesses more productive and efficient, it tended to hamper the true human connection. Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. Think email and even conference calls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. But I saw it in all of the partnership dynamics, product roadmaps, build vs. buy decisions, shifting leadership and goals, and conflicting big company product teams. But I was clear that none of these were fundamentally issues for the big company.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Once a patent is granted you have the exclusive right to product and sell the invention for 20 years. A registered design relates to the visual appearance of a product. Representations of a brand including the name, slogans, jingles and logos can be protected under the Trademarks Act 1994. Source: Pexels. Related articles.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

While entrepreneurs strive to do their best, mistakes are sometimes unavoidable. One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. Steve Ballmer: Perform thorough market research before commissioning a new product. Tim Cook: Only launch a product once it’s truly ready.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Sites such as OpenSky and Send the Trend utilize recommendations by celebrities and experts to sell products.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Doctor of Psychology and one-time pool hustler Kuykendall is now best-known as the successful entrepreneur who owns Danny K’s Billiards & Sports Bar in Orange County. Tell us about your products and services. We have been steadily increasing in business and sales since we opened in 1994, with the exception of the recession of 2008.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Doctor of Psychology and one-time pool hustler Kuykendall is now best-known as the successful entrepreneur who owns Danny K’s Billiards & Sports Bar in Orange County. Tell us about your products and services. We have been steadily increasing in business and sales since we opened in 1994, with the exception of the recession of 2008.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2013

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. Starting up a business requires a diversity of assets.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Startup Weekend surges on as a good way for people to explore their ideas as entrepreneurs. After 54 hours of working, planning, networking, meeting new people and generally having a good but exhausting time, Umbrella People has won the Startup Weekend Women’s Edition.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Raj and I have done a bunch of companies together since we met in 1994. Over a few months we bounced some ideas around until one day he mentioned to me that he’d run into two entrepreneurs in Boston – Matthew Bellows and Cashman Andrus – who were working on something similar.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Afro-Tech operates on a basis of permissionless innovation — we do not need pre-approval to be black and innovative in tech and as for me, I been doing advanced and epic Internet tech stuff since 1994 so I’m not exactly someone that is easily impressed by an “ex-Google engineer” like the rest of yall, just saying. Code is Law Garbage.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Dave McClure: MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. And importantly, Mark encourages all entrepreneurs to make sure they understand a VC’s seed strategy before taking money, which I strongly agree with.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Charles, as many of you know, is one of the first startup successes in Atlanta, founding MindSpring in 1994. Brewer is one of Atlanta’s first startup success stories, bringing to life one of the largest ISP’s in the country from his Midtown Atlanta apartment in 1994. 5:30-6:30pm: Networking with light snacks provided.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

And, rather than rational and helpful thoughts for entrepreneurs, it often brings out the schadenfreude in even the most talented people. We entrepreneurs have been spinning that line for decades in every boom cycle. Pragmatic cost cuts are always possible and often productive.” It’s simply not true.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What I shared with Quirk's readers (this was way back in 1994 so they don't even have an archive of the article on their website), was what I call "The Improvement Matrix." But over the years, I realized they could be created much less expensively, and have HUGE value to entrepreneurs like you. So what is the "The Improvement Matrix?"

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Adam talks about office products that can help protect your company. They met and married in China in 1994. Always ensure a product with good warranty. Always expect that there will be some intellectual leakage of your product. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Also Available On.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 6, 2010

He’s paid his dues: … an entrepreneur-in-residence at O’Reilly Media …VP of Engineering at Sana Security… CEO of Popular Power … founder and general manager of Lucas Online, the internet subsidiary of Lucasfilm, Ltd. He is a graduate of Reed College. And the real lesson? And can you apply this to your business?

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