Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. UTAustin #Geothermal #Innovation Chelsea Collier is the founder of digi.city , focused on creating more connected, innovative, and inclusive cities and communities.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost. The wedding industry is notoriously one of the least technologically advanced retail sectors. Image Credit: Brittany Haas.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

As of December 2017, the GIMPS project had reached an aggregate computing power of approximately 320 TeraFLOPS (320 trillion floating-point operations per second). In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

The seven featured companies have already proven their worth as winners of the Blue Ribbon Award for innovative business practices and contributions to their local communities. The company operates a unique policy that requires each of its employees to spend at least one day each month volunteering in the local community.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Join our community. Technology | Thursdays. Office and Operations. TECHNOLOGY. Technology. Science and Technology Technology. We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , ); Login or signup. Welcome | Logout. Forgot login ?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. BetaBrand building apparel MVPs and testing them quickly with targeted customer communities. A nascent community has blossomed into a full-fledged movement.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I have been in and around technology for over ten years. It’s almost like the venture community is almost like an influencer bubble. . And a lot of times, there are technological underpinnings. David Zhang.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

I was recently asked some questions about changes afoot in the creative, technology and media space. We’ve already seen this in other areas influenced by technology and we need to learn from it: computer companies entering phones (Apple), web companies entering hardware (Google), software / web are entering music.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When it launched in 97 it was a DVD rental business whose only real value proposition was the mail-order element of its operation. The founders eventually created custom cereal boxes to raise funds so they could continue to operate. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

I was recently asked some questions about changes afoot in the creative, technology and media space. We’ve already seen this in other areas influenced by technology and we need to learn from it: computer companies entering phones (Apple), web companies entering hardware (Google), software / web are entering music.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

You – being members of the technology community. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. But I’m with Jason Calacanis.

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Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2014

This would ultimately be the advantage Keith had, and still has, in running a smaller operation: relationships mean more to the owner and the customer. In 1999, he and a business partner launched Sunshine Recycling Inc. , “Don’t ignore technology,” Chuck advises. His new customers were ready for the change.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. We should expect more of these in the future.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

From the Work Less Institute of Technology, “ Psychophysics in Cyberia ” (written in response to the ea_spouse posting): It was over a century ago that Dr. Ernst Abbe conducted his observations on working time and output at the Zeiss Optical Works in Jena, Germany. So we are forced to draw analogies from other industries.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m the Chairman of Navon Partners , a startup with some technology designed to source new transactions based on these signals. MCM uses the blog to articulate their investment theses to the investment banking community and to become a value added resource for entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 22, 2020

I started my business when my first book (on telecommuting) was published in 1999 (in the dark ages of virtual work!). There were hundreds of companies operating in the same niche. These characteristics are important elements of our corporate identity and operational mission statement. The dictionary of synonyms did not help.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 28, 2018

Barb has led the company through a changing industry and has served as the President and CEO since 1999. This is demonstrated by her commitment to Moran franchisees in providing more tools, more technology, more system enhancements, and more vendor programs than ever before. In 2010, Barb Moran, bought the business from her parents.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

An argument has been raging for decades within the scientific and typographic communities on what seems a very insignificant issue: Do serifs contribute to the legibility of typefaces, and by definition, are sans serif typefaces less legible? 5; in Lund, 1999 ). Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). Introduction. Definitions.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

One conflict is with Hamas, the terror organization running Gaza, which barraged Israeli communities with over 2,000 rockets over 11 days. As a Jew who grew up in Germany and moved to Israel in 1999, I find this stoic philosophy Israelis display as one of the country’s key elements of success. The conflict with Hamas.

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