Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2014
” I remember a moment in time in 1997. In 1999 we filed an S-1 to take Sage Networks public. Focus on the reality – your reality – and do your best operating in the context in which you can’t control. We were in the middle of fundraising for Softbank Venture Capital (which became Mobius Venture Capital.)
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. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. The best affinity networks are alumni networks (besides religion).
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. I decided I wanted to transfer into the super technical group at Accenture that focused on computer networking. ” It literally took more than a year and a completely ballsy move to get Network Solutions to accept me.
Austin Startup
JUNE 27, 2017
With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. Local funding networks have a direct impact on the amount of total funding that goes into a region.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 29, 2018
If I was an aspiring entrepreneur, I would take a vacation during RISE week and attend as many sessions as I could (author’s update note: sadly, RISE is no longer operational). I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 9, 2019
A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. I tried operating on 4 hours of sleep and working through my weekends in the past, but it only took a few months for me to burn out. When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997.
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