YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

by Gabriel Shaoolian, founder of DesignRush. The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. Meanwhile, new businesses and startups should keep GDPR regulations at the forefront of all business growth conversations to avoid having to backtrack and meet requirements retroactively.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Dallas Startup Happy Hour is tomorrow @ 5pm! Big in Japan and Architel announced the speakers for the inaugural Startup Happy Hour 2.0, 27, at Campbell Centre, will include Blake Burris of CoHabitat ; Gabriella Draney of Tech Wildcatters ; Danica Mathes of Ignite Dallas ; and Joey Pomerenke of Startup Weekend. 24 and Dec.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. Importantly, what does this all mean for startups? Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] Many funds have not performed and will start to disappear.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

We have also been selected to be part of the official Hamburg Startups Delegation to SXSW (though our headquarters are in London, one of our investors is from Germany). We also won second place at the Startups@Reeperbahn Festival 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, which we are really proud of. Same in startup world, keep working on the product.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. I was the co-founder of a company that would eventually lead to an industry cliché. First, we need to pass the Startup Act. He also co-founded Taxi Magic and formerly held a product manager position at Google.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 22, 2014

It’s well understood now that at many of the best startups the founder remains at the helm until the company is very large – Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle are four great examples. It’s also pretty well understood that founders have to be incredibly adaptive to stay effective as their companies scale.

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Up and Running

APRIL 9, 2019

It was also in a SWOT session that we realized we needed to make our product downloadable on the web (back in 1998, when we were among the first). I can’t cite research on that, but I can say that I’ve seen that happen dozens of times in my career, first hand, first as a consultant and then later as founder growing my business with a team.

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David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Most startup companies address a wide market and thus cater to a diverse audience, and these types of companies benefit from a team that brings myriad experiences and viewpoints to the table. 2] Peter V.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. There are two primary reasons that startups fail: One, the execution of the idea is poor (wrong location, poor product, bad service, etc) and two, the startup is not making something that people want. in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store.

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David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Most startup companies address a wide market and thus cater to a diverse audience, and these types of companies benefit from a team that brings myriad experiences and viewpoints to the table. 2] Peter V.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 30, 2018

Guideposts For Tech Founders Going To Market When No Market Exists which is full of great tips for what they call ‘pre-chasm’ enterprise startups. Nine times out of ten (or more) direct sales is the only way for early stage startups. I just read ‘Need More Time’?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. Standout startups like Stripe, InVision, and Github exploit a competitive edge every startup should leverage. But today, the equilibrium is shifting for many founders.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it becausethey fail at one of these. Most startups that fail do it becausethey fail at one of these.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I have a standard aphorism I share when I speak with a group of MBA students: “There are two things that need to be explained away in order for me to invest in your startup: An MBA or a background in management consulting.”. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success. Not Teaching the Right Skills.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I have a standard aphorism I share when I speak with a group of MBA students: “There are two things that need to be explained away in order for me to invest in your startup: An MBA or a background in management consulting.”. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success. Not Teaching the Right Skills.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. I’m the founder of Lime Inc.,

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Maybe you’re thinking about startups to invest in, or making decisions about where to place resources in your company. In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Now as well as being produced by startups, this pattern is happening to startups. Its so cheap to start web startups that orders of magnitudes more will be started. Plus in a startup you could make much more money.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 16, 2023

As became clear quickly: the Stanford Business School Class of 1998 had founded the good Internet 1.0 Over the previous years you could spend 12–24 month at a startup and become an IPO millionaire. I was broke and needed money (had been working part-time at an enterprise tech startup along the way but otherwise savings were depleted).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

I first met and worked with Bobby in the mid-2000s at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), where he was a co-founder and on the board with me. While you may not know Bobby, this is a huge add for CU Boulder and the Boulder Startup Community. Bobby has a long history with CU Boulder. Welcome back, Bobby!

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

The founders of wildly successful companies - with their world-changing impacts and their awe-inspiring wealth creation - receive much well-earned praise and financial rewards for turning their great entrepreneurial visions into reality. But what about those with 1-2 degrees of separation who also benefit immensely? billion in Yahoo stock.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Enrique Ortiz, the founder of MobileMonday Austin and a panelist for InnoTech Austin’s Mobile Application Marketplace session. Q1: What caused you to want to get into working with mobile telephone platforms in 1998? The trend is here and we should expect more startups in Austin and more innovation happening right here.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

I told the story about how Brant Barton, my Bazaarvoice co-founder, and I picked the name in Chapter 7 of my book “ The Entrepreneur’s Essentials ” (also available for free online). Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. Bazaarvoice, literally translated, means “the voice of the marketplace”.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 7, 2014

I’ve been thinking ( and blogging ) a lot lately about the importance of extending the runway for startups. Giving a startup enough time to be successful is one of the keys to success. In 1998, Page and Brin decided to take all eight of Google’s employees on a company ski trip to Lake Tahoe.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As with many of the classic tropes of the startup world, the link between startups and pirates was codified by the late Steve Jobs. That’s why to be truly successful, any startup that begins as a pirate has to eventually join the navy, as Steve Jobs did when he returned to Apple to become one of the greatest CEOs (and Admiral!)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation. I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure. As a mentor of mine always says, "Startups dont starve, they drown."

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

For startups, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times. But because there are so many new companies, it’s harder than ever for startups to survive. To stay in the game, startups need three things: Money. Naval Ravikant is the founder of AngelList , which connects new startups with funding and talent.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Startup founder Facebook ranting about the filth of San Francisco. Empathy can be gained through broadening of perspectives but when you’re running a startup, you often become more narrow, focusing 100% of your energy on bringing a company to life. Fake Google Employees. Is homelessness the only worthwhile problem?

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As I embark on founding a new company , I have become very aware that technically I haven’t done this since 1998 when I started Spunlogic with Raj. And while I certainly helped lead Engauge and felt like I was able to help steer the ship, I wasn’t a founder of Engauge (though I was part of the founding acquisitions).

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He begins by explaining how he arrived at his conclusion: I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder – a software engineer who works for no cash – to help me build my dream website. Twelve months into my startup journey I had four half-built websites that had been built by my four ex-technical co-founders.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Plus, on top of it all, with accelerator programs we’re net importing kick-ass founders from all over the world.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

What entrepreneur hasn't dreamed that our startup will experience the same magical beginnings as Google ? In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. There's a lot at stake.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 18, 2013

As the founder of one of the earliest online marketing companies, creator of Squidoo , and author of multiple best-selling books , American entrepreneur Seth Godin needs little introduction. Yoyodyne was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. Feature Image.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 13, 2014

They took this opportunity to acquire a startup that had cracked the market and been successful selling appliances into the home. Which leads me to the next point: - Talent/Human Capital Matter : Nest’s founders previously worked at Apple; one of them is credited with being the iPod’s co-creator.

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