Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

There’s a famous scene in the cult-classic 1999 movie “ Office Space “ where the main character, Peter, is confronted by his boss, Bill. Managing hassle may take the form of putting your reputation on the line to get someone to partner with you. Where possible, be specific with names. Risk is about outcomes.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Back in 1999, Amazon patented a feature and changed their own process and on-line commerce forever: One-click purchasing, versus re-entering name, address, and credit card information for every transaction. Focus on reputation over brand. Improve the whole customer experience, as well as the product.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Status / reputation. want to sidestep the argument about whether or not it's good to be " stealth " or not, and work with the assumption that if you've purchased the domain name, you're going to put up some sort of website. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game. People want status. It's human nature," he writes.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. 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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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. 2015 was the exact opposite.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Uber recently named Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” Ethical vs. criminal pirates.

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