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Pop-ups — Is Annoying Your Customers Worth a Few Newsletter Sign-ups?

Up and Running

By 1997, the pop-up plague had spread to sites across the net, including Geocities, AOL, and The New York Times. The pop-up ad was designed to dissociate the advertisement from the content on the page and protect the advertiser’s brand. .

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

JimKnickman : Check out James Knickman to see what’s going on with health in New York, with his updates as the President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation. FuelOnline : Fuel CEO Scott Levy has been working in social media and SEO since 1997.

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True Story: How Bplans.com Started in 1995

Up and Running

In 1997 we hired an NYU undergrad to create a better bplans.com site, focusing on business planning and especially publishing sample plans. He worked for us remotely from New York. I did the earliest bplans.com sites myself, in my spare time, while running a company growing about 50% per year.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

HBS Angels of New York is holding its first full investor meeting Monday night, June 13. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. Click here to buy tickets. Click here to buy tickets. Corporate University Xchange.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

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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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. After a decade as Endeca’s Chief Scientist, Daniel went to Google ‘s New York office, where he worked on local search. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program.

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Congratulations IndexTank!

K9 Ventures

Diego and I first met in 1997. After a decade as Endeca’s Chief Scientist, Daniel went to Google ‘s New York office, where he worked on local search. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program.