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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor and the author of several best-selling books on standout management, including Scaling Up Excellence , an investigation of high-growth companies.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack. The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3 The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack. The number of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business has grown from 14 percent in 1996 to over 30 percent last year.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

Our CloudSSL is an SSL distribution service available via API and is designed specifically to help web services operate securely in the Cloud. Yi Ning Lim is a marketing specialist at GMO GlobalSign , one of the first Certification Authorities, providing Digital Certificate and credentialing services since 1996.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

It occurred in a web design class I was taking and we were challenged to create a domain name followed by taking steps to create the site. I wanted to sound like an ad or design firm, with a name that communicated creativity. When I started my company in 1996 at the age of 20 years old, I decided to name it after the family farm.

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4 Essential Hires If You’re Starting a Business in 2020

Up and Running

You’re not going to be an incredible CFO/CEO/graphic designer/web developer. To appeal to the digital natives born between 1996 and 2012 , it’s important to hire a marketer who understands the trends and values that are influencing this generation’s spending habits. What’s the problem with this approach? No one is good at everything.

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