Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. Network model. For example, Amber Alert GPS will make sure your kids don’t wander outside of safe zones, Site24x7 will let you know if your web site is down, and Radian6 monitors social networks so you know what people are saying about your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. Network model. For example, Amber Alert GPS will make sure your kids don’t wander outside of safe zones, Site24x7 will let you know if your web site is down, and Radian6 monitors social networks so you know what people are saying about your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. The market is moving back up, but slowly. Marty Zwilling.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2012

Regular readers know we love TV for entrepreneurs. The WSJ reports that hollywood is now thinking of producing TV shows and movies centered around the life of tech entrepreneurs and engineers. From Jessica Vascellaro, Entrepreneurs Get Big Break — on Screen : Comcast Corp.’s In Hollywood, two movies about Apple Inc.

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Up and Running

MARCH 18, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. I answer these same exact same publishing questions every day like it’s 1999. I actually started a book-publishing company in my college dorm room in … 1999. No problem. Not joking. I’m an OG.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. I always encourage young entrepreneurs now to flip burgers for as long as they can. Fast forward 5 years to my second company.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 22, 2009

.  As a VC, you couldn't believe them, but it didn't stop every entrepreneur from using the hockey stick projections in their business plans.    Anyway, he went to start Pseudo.com, one of the first production companies for webisodes and streaming media. 

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! There are 20x more consumers online.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. Fred Wilson likes, “large networks of socially connected people” while Foundry lists its 5 key themes on its website. Tell a friend!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 9, 2009 10 years of entrepreneurship I recently passed my ten-year anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. We connect them to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers using email marketing, social networks, and display ad campaigns. Borderless world.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Robert Bruner, Dean of the Darden School of Business, observed in an interview that social media is particularly important in origination because of the significance of “ weak ties ” in identifying investment opportunities. Social media is valuable for more than just origination.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Finally, for those who were (or still are) convinced that social networks would be the next big communication channel, consider this: In September of 2016, Business Insider reported that messaging apps had surpassed social networks in monthly active users (MAUs).

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Seth makes extensive use of social networking tools, and web videos to maximize the impact of his training. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Nerd Enterprises, Inc. Show Links.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. Don’t spend like it’s 1999.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. 1999/2000 was the startup heyday, and I was in the hot space of telecoms – it all looked promising. There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. They’re building them for the world.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

Undersecretary for International Affairs and then Deputy Treasury Secretary for President Clinton between 1993 and 1999. Became US Treasury Secretary in 1999. Intimately involved in resolving major macroeconomic crises in Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere. President of Harvard from 2001 to 2006.

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