Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. The investors were giving away part of their ownership of the company — not just to the founders, but to all employees. Here’s why.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. And it’s still less than I was paid at Accenture in 1999. So I did, in fact, invest in myself. They choose a different path.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. So, where does this all come from and how can you apply it in practice? I was resolute.
Up and Running
MAY 10, 2012
“The way we differentiate ourselves is that we’re much more than a platform. million in grants to emerging businesses since 1999. ” The founders of WeDidIt saw an opportunity and a need, and put aside the fears everyone who’s ever struck out on their own faces. And they’re happy they did it.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 28, 2022
Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. Thanks to Roy Morejon, Enventys Partners ! #10- 10- From a naming contest.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 23, 2011
He is heading straight into an intensely competitive market without adequate differentiation or competitive positioning. He currently has a 1999 strategy. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. I advised Anupam to come up with a 2011 strategy.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 16, 2019
Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. While the term was new, many of the ideas aligned with “ permission marketing ,” which Seth Godin brought into marketers’ consciousness in 1999 and contrasted with “interruption marketing.” An eponymous book (e.g.
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