Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. million, by selling 2.6

Initial Public Offering 295

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. million, by selling 2.6

Initial Public Offering 221

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221

Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Vivek Wadhwa of Singularity University in California studied more than 500 American high-tech and engineering companies with more than $1m in sales. Dane Stangler of the Kauffman Foundation studied American firms founded in 1996-2007. Research suggests that age may in fact be an advantage for entrepreneurs.

California 116

California Internet Founder Portfolio 116

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Palm in a New Market What makes this example really interesting is this: rewind the story 4 years earlier to 1996. In 1996 no potential customer had even heard of a Personal Digital Assistant. In 1996 Palm was selling a product that allowed users to do something they couldn’t do before.

Customer Development 196

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 196

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Today, The Bean has approximately 350 company-owned stores, with locations in Southern California, Las Vegas, Honolulu, New York City and Southeast Asia. Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J. Today, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is considered a major competitor of Starbucks, but it wasn’t always a mega coffee chain.

Southern California 162

Southern California Las Vegas Honolulu Massachusetts 162

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. In addition, over 750 investors came in from all over including London, California, Boston, and DC to network and participate.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. And in California, many underground parking garages (including the one she parked in) have big signs saying "Warning: This Area Contains Chemicals Known To The State of California To Cause Cancer and Birth Defects Or Other Reproductive Harm."

Los Angeles 91

Los Angeles PR California Business Plan 91

Pascal's View

JUNE 22, 2014

Finally, 2014 is has the fourth highest GDD accumulation, trailing only 2013, 1997, and 1996. But we also have to consider the exceptionally mild winter we had and the unprecedented severity of the California drought in any assessment of how things are changing in the Napa Valley for grape growers and winemakers.We

Harvest 28

Harvest Global Washington California 28

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 10, 2010

Unfortunately, both moved off to California and are active investors and mentors for young start-ups out there. era who were very successful in their day - Open Market (IPO 1996, peak market capitalization of $2.5 Their founders -- Mitch Kapor and Mitch Kertzman, respectively -- are brilliant guys with an incredible amount to offer.

Boston 32

Boston Silicon Valley IPO California 32

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

This isn’t just Northern California touchie feelie; life goes in cycles and startups are a repeat game. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since. We will all see each other again if we hang around the valley long enough.

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Los Angeles Social Network Cofounder 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

This isn’t just Northern California touchie feelie; life goes in cycles and startups are a repeat game. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since. We will all see each other again if we hang around the valley long enough.

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Los Angeles Social Network Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

If PPC has been around since 1996 , why doesn’t it happen more often? Gone are the days of advertising to everyone in San Francisco, California. If PPC has been around since 1996, why doesn’t it happen more often? ” That’s the ultimate goal, right? It doesn’t happen often.

PPC 48

PPC Matching Campaign San Francisco 48

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

Terry co-founded Polaris in 1996 after seven years as a VC at Burr Egan.    Admittedly it is a distant second to California in software and Internet innovation, but as a proud Boston-based VC, I was pleased to see Terry brimming with confidence in Boston as an entrepreneurial hub.

Private Equity 20

Private Equity Boston Massachusetts IPO 20

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. When we got real funding nearthe end of 1996, we hired a great CFO, who fixed everything retroactively. We officially launched in early 1996.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Readily Pronounceable – A name’s proper accent should be obvious, as made painfully clear in the 1996 Tom Hank’s Movie, “That Thing You Do!” The Southern California Tody car dealership in is forced to waste its mantra on explaining how to properly pronounce its name (“Not Toady… its Todey (toddy)”). John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

Naming 40

Naming Technical Review Product Product Name 40

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2012

Before her humorous book on grammar became an out-of-left-field bestseller, Truss freelanced for several British dailies and magazines, winning Columnist of the Year in 1996 for her contributions to Woman’s Journal , and reviewing books for The Listener and the Sunday Times. Lynne Truss. Nathaniel Hawthorne.

New York 248

New York Los Angeles Sacramento Iraq 248