YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2014
In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. That’s because every hour you spend managing your employer-provided health insurance is another hour you are not spending managing and improving your product or service.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell! This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 28, 2012
Considering how incredibly popular Harley-Davidson is today, it’s hard to believe that the motorcycle company was ever on the verge of bankruptcy, but it’s true. Harley-Davidson experienced near-bankruptcy from 1969 to 1981 when the American Machine and Foundry (AMF) bought the company and turned it upside down. Harley-Davidson.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 1, 2016
I started out my career at the management consulting firm McKinsey which was a truly wonderful learning ground. We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA). I had retired from a successful 45-year career in technology-based management consulting.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 21, 2012
But the store had trouble moving the jeans and almost brought the company to bankruptcy. In 1999, Goodrich became the No. In 1969, The Gap was founded in San Francisco as a record store that also happened to sell jeans. 1 supplier of landing gear and other aircraft parts. billion in September 2011.
Ben's Blog
JULY 16, 2013
3/31/1999: 49.7. In fact, if you are like most companies, your managers probably implied to your employees that your stock price would only rise as long as you were private. Down rounds are bad and hit founders disproportionately hard, but they are not as bad as bankruptcy. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/29/1996: 22.3.
Ben's Blog
JULY 16, 2013
3/31/1999: 49.7 In fact, if you are like most companies, your managers probably implied to your employees that your stock price would only rise as long as you were private. Down rounds are bad and hit founders disproportionately hard, but they are not as bad as bankruptcy. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/29/1996: 22.3
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