Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

In 1997, Glen co-founded Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc., Be alert to new technology and developing trends in your industry or in areas that could affect your business. He stayed on as a shareholder and board member until the company was sold in 2017. Many people and therefore many businesses are resistant to change.

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Diego Basch

MARCH 4, 2011

Disclaimer: I don’t know if I am (or ever was) a hardcore back-end developer. I did make money for a long time doing web-scale development work for a bunch of companies. Fast forward to 1997. If you are a software developer, try to work for a while on a web-scale problem. I started coding in the 80s.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

In an office setting, working relationships can develop naturally and slowly over time. Occasionally, drop something in the mail, such as a thank you note, or small gift, to bridge the online<>offline gap. A higher baseline of trust exists within in-person relationships. What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy. Since Austin is also big on culture and quirks, people are looking for ways to develop and express their unique identities.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It does not create new markets or value markets, but develops existing ones with better value , allowing companies to compete against each other’s sustaining improvements. Netflix launched in 1997 and its service wasn’t appealing to most of Blockbuster’s customers, who rented movies on impulse. Sustaining Innovation Defined.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. The SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) collaborates with myriad agencies and organizations to make business ownership and business development resources available to women.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. It was just such a joy to develop things. Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. You’ve IPOed two companies.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Whether they’re streaming information about their latest developments or just photos from an afternoon baseball game, we’re seeing more CEOs on Twitter than ever before. davemorin : Co-founder and CEO of Path Dave Morin shares developments from his work on @davemorin. CEOs: they’re just like us!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. When you look at the developing world this is the majority of users (due to lack of landline infrastructure) and it portends future opportunities in payments, entertainment, application development and services.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I’ve worked with Paul since he co-founded Raindance Communications in 1997 and was delighted to quickly lead a seed financing for Orbotix. About halfway through the program Ian, Adam, and Paul started to talk about teaming up – by the end of TechStars Paul had joined as the CEO. I love the stuff I invest in.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2020

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. Customer Development became one of the three parts of the Lean Startup as Eric Ries and Alexander Osterwalder provided the other two components (Agile Engineering and the business model canvas.) I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. I think we’re paying lip service to developing new entrepreneurs. We hear lots of talk from government officials about developing entrepreneurs. Younger people are not starting businesses like they used to.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 14, 2021

Relative to how the Internet developed, we might only be in 1997/98. But despite all of the progress that we have seen in crypto over the last few years, it is important to remember that crypto is still in its infancy. So, the best is yet to come – for both crypto as an industry and Coinbase as an iconic company in this space.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2019

By 1912, inventor Charles Kettering developed an electric starter that, while expensive, promised to rival gas-powered motors in terms of power. Financial investments have been lodged in old technology, keeping costs of research, development, and distribution exorbitantly high. Innovations That Changed the World — Years Later.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2015

A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. To develop effective brand marketing strategies in the digital age, the book proposes four key steps. Develop Deep Consumer Insight. Develop Compelling Engagement Ideas.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Interestingly, this impact has been more pronounced in the emerging markets, which is something of an unusual development during a global pandemic and the beginnings of an international recession. The Impact of Coronavirus on Developed and Emerging Currencies. before the end of 2020, down from its initial forecast of +4.8.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. You also must have a strong desire to learn and you need to develop a thick skin; there are lots of critics out there. In 1987, Glen McKay provided the start up capital for Apex Construction Specialties Inc.,

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

There is not enough flexibility in them to really embrace change and use creative, innovative and hungry developers to the best of their abilities. Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few. Don't believe the hype.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards recognize some of the most exciting tech developments in the connected world. The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2017

One of the most significant developments has been the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. Originally offices, and latterly a post office, in 1997 Sino Land spent S$300 million on converting it into a hotel and developing the adjacent commercial centre. Investment as a whole.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. It seems like tax time is fraught with last minute scrambling to gather business records for those who claim business deductions.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. A unified, single source reference of hyper-granular, asset-level data is being developed, from which critical, unavailable information can be extrapolated. Click here to buy tickets.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. These local governments financially supported the startups because, by locating in these zones, the new ventures were seen as contributing to local economic development. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

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SiliconHills

MARCH 23, 2017

Fanatic Software, founded in 1997, develops mobile and Mac applications. Fanatic Software, based in Cedar Park, now belongs to Complete XRM. The Salt Lake City-based Complete XRM did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Its flagship product is the Pocket Informant Mac, iOS and Android productivity apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market. You feel it, too.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2018

They spend tremendous energy developing that intuition. Artful Thinkers remind us that the “crazy ones” – a term coined in the famous 1997 Apple ad — are people who change the world by taking a naïve stance, trusting in imperfection and their own visceral experience to journey from not knowing to partial knowing.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

2- Develop world-class vehicles. in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. Using my analytics background I developed an algorithm to select the best investments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Developing user personas is a great way to do this. Even if you have a blog, it might be lost in your website navigation and might look like it was designed in 1997. Google created a tool for web developers to test the speed of their pages. As we wrote , Personas are helpful. Just ask Amazon.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

Lipitor (1997). The drug was developed at a time when the medical establishment already had several go-to drugs that served the same purpose. What hook will keep customers’ clamoring for your product over time? Image courtesy of The Daily Beast.

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www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I started using my first content management system around 1997, when things were crude and clumsy. Part of the challenge for today's CMS is that it sits squarely across several different markets, all of which are clamoring more for our attention: blogging, social media, Web services and rapid/agile development.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Software development wasn’t giving me the satisfaction I craved from working, and I had recently been part of a startup that was now a smoking crater after the Dot Com crash. Rogue Wave’s fall began during Java’s rise to power in 1997-8. The following is a guest article by Dave Rodenbaugh of Lessons of Failure.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

In the ’80s, Cuban worked as a salesman at a computer store, but found himself more interested in working on computers and developing business plans rather than manning a cash register and sweeping the floors. In 1997, Armstrong was fired from the French racing team Cofidis while he was undergoing cancer treatment. Michael Bloomberg.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? I remember this lesson well. What brings you to LA?

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