Up and Running
JUNE 21, 2021
You might see your own business reflected in these case studies — which may provide insights into areas of growth for your business. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success. In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. UEC Electronics — Engineering contracts.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
A startup is more like Typo Keyboards, which recently engaged ISBX as its software engineering team to help it grow rapidly enough to fill an urgent market demand for Apple’s iPhone 6 buyers. Build a good business plan. Startups play in a bigger field. Start on your good idea. Make things happen.
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Growthink Blog
APRIL 25, 2010
After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? In Bezos' words, “…There was no business plan…They had a vision. Remember this was 1998 not 1994.
Up and Running
JULY 11, 2014
in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. At first, Google seemed like a bad idea; there were already several search engines doing what they did. As I’ve spent the last few months doing some heavy learning on all that is ‘business’, I’ve come to realize the value of having a business plan. Sold to Yahoo!
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. VC’s engineered financial transactions, working with entrepreneurs to brand, hype and take public un profitable companies with grand promises of the future. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998.
rob.by
MARCH 8, 2012
He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. He picked engineers who were technically-driven but not entrepreneurially-driven. He picked engineers who weren’t comfortable taking risks as great as he wanted to take.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 27, 2010
After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? In Bezos' words, "There was no business plan. Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Or foresight?
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