abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. The title is not important; the work they do is.

Product 60

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. And for some reason this seems like it is seldom talked about in the press as we celebrate every check written and every name attached to them. There is a downside. I assure you.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Reverse engineering the origins of brand-owned terms is not a breakdown of the step-by-step planning that led from term identification to widespread acceptance. The most underrated piece of marketing advice is that you’ve got to name something,” Drift’s Dave Gerhardt told Leadfeeder. “If The phrases have defined brands.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners. From a personal perspective, this presented a compelling engineering challenge.

Entrepreneur 64

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

My generation, dubbed Generation X after a popular novel of the same name , was typically characterized as being aimless and cynical, prematurely embittered by dead-end jobs, the generally awful state of the world, and an overall sense of cultural exhaustion. It was 1999. The world was also in the midst of the AIDS epidemic.

Silicon Valley 69

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. How did you go from VC to founder?

Global 62

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

First Name. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

Silicon Valley 42

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 29, 2013

One of the thoughtful notes I got was from Scott Petry – one of my good friends and co-founder of Authentic8 (we are investors). Scott co-founded Postini and a bunch of email stuff at Google after Google acquired Postini in 2007. You need to know the host names of your service, the ports, encryption values, etc.

Oauth 151

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. 12 – It was Just Time.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Hearpreneur

MARCH 28, 2018

Barb has led the company through a changing industry and has served as the President and CEO since 1999. How did you come up with your business name? Moran is the family name of our co-founders Dennis Moran and Barbara Moran Goodrich. Why co-branding makes sense. What makes you unique?

Cofounder 49

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Having an electrical engineering background, I knew there had to be a better way and I could help build it. We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA). My co-founders and I started eVestment for two primary reasons. I was a developer.

Entrepreneur 48

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

For buyers, it is a place to post a creative project, name their own price, watch the world contribute ideas and choose the one they like best. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Working directly with other CEOs and founders, I receive immediate feedback and appreciation for my expertise.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. All the good domain names were taken, all the good ideas were being implemented. I almost didnt realize it, but theres no escaping the math.

San Francisco 94

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

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