The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Even in 1997, during the dot-com boom, Bezos’s anti-pitch was stark and to the point: “You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.”. Amazon became known as a company whose engineers were intense and elite. What’s more —with an anti-pitch, you’ll stick out from the hiring crowd.

Hiring 130

Hiring Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 130

Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2013

Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one of the first online travel agencies, which went public in 1997 and subsequently merged to create Travelocity.com as an independent company. Jim Hornthal splits his time between venture capital, entrepreneurship and education. And Zignal Labs. Jim co-taught classes with me at U.C.

Lean 284

Lean Cofounder Dividend Business Model 284

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The policy conversation regarding jobs and economic development is starting to show some promising signs, particularly in helping young companies flourish. In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. It’s new businesses.

Leadership 46

Leadership Entrepreneur IPO Brazil 46

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I stopped in and started up a conversation with him about his photos. Rogue Wave’s fall began during Java’s rise to power in 1997-8. Their smart engineering team hunted for C++ products to build and market. Most of the photographers had similar kinds of work but there was one guy whose booth stood out from the others.

Java 66

Java Product Software Developers Software Development 66

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

My colleagues that graduated with engineering degrees from UCSD were paid $31,000 – 15% more. I had a friend who joined at the same time with an engineering degree from the same university as me and held jobs in the restaurant sector in college. I struggled to get the group to take me – they only took engineers.

Marketing 385

Marketing Europe Engineer Networking 385

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking more closely at the pacing of the funds Austin Ventures raised in the table below, it also got caught up in the Dot Com frenzy, raising new, much larger funds almost every year from 1997–2001.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Steve Jobs' ability to do this again and again in the "TED" industries that so define our modern world - technology, entertainment, and design - make him if not the greatest businessman in history, then certainly in that so rarified conversation. And oh yes, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 its stock was trading at $3/share.

Restful 82

Restful Global Stock Design 82

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

In the aftermath of ea_spouse s post on LiveJournal, quality-of-life conversations in the game development business have taken on a new life and a new urgency. Introduction. Ea_spouse received thousands of comments to her original post — followed quickly by major media coverage.

Software Review 90

Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. I always knew that I would someday start my own company.

United States 114

United States Founder India Venture Capital 114

Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Austin is a melting pot where musicians, artists, professors, engineers, entrepreneurs and moguls live in harmony. states for fastest growth in the number of women-owned businesses — a number that grew by 98 percent between 1997 and 2014.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley New York City San Jose Texas 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. And this is a tough balance.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. And this is a tough balance.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Some of the most successful things I have worked on, in terms of traffic and conversions, have been successful almost in spite of the design, rather than because of the design. "If To design like a teenager in 1997 using MS publisher is incredibly painful. Id love to see the 100% Flash site extinct as soon as possible," he said. "In

Web 42

Web Design Startup Flash 42