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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

In 1984 New York State mandated seat belt use ( now required in 49 of the 50 states.). These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. During that time former buggy drivers had to learn a completely new set of rules to control their cars. began to decline.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc., Sponsor: Cooley, Co-sponsored by the HBS Angels of New York.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

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. But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. Ditto for Apple. The Real Question.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

For public investors in Facebook to achieve returns comparable to those of Microsoft shareholders, Facebook would need to reach a market cap of $500 trillion, a number that well exceeds the total global market cap of all listed stocks. First, as the below chart shows, IPO pops are not a new phenomenon. 1990-1998 13.3%

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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7 Retargeting Case Studies That’ll Boost Your Current Campaigns

ConversionXL

Selling more than 17 million bags since 1998, eBags knew they had huge retargeting potential, but what they did with their data was pretty creative. With the help of their marketing agency, Just Media, Lumension, a global leader in endpoint security software, realized greater potential and effectiveness with their retargeting campaigns.

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The 10 Best Brick-And-Mortar Store Experiences

YoungUpstarts

The company is also known for being a great employer, making Fortune magazine’s “Best Places to Work” list every year since 1998. While there used to be several large locations of this toy retailer worldwide, today only the most famous is left: the brand’s flagship store in downtown New York. Whole Foods.