Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

In 1999 we filed an S-1 to take Sage Networks public. If you are an entrepreneur, ignore the pontification and go build your business. Focus on the reality – your reality – and do your best operating in the context in which you can’t control. I was a co-founder and co-chairman.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2012

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. And no life is more of a constant negotiation than that of an entrepreneur. Within a year he ran a territory.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Since founding my business in 1981 as a typing and editing service, I’ve operated under many names/websites. For this work, I operate under the name Going Beyond Sustainability. We motivate and coach entrepreneurs to be warriors for their businesses, for their families and for their communities.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. I’ve been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember. The post 24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business appeared first on Hearpreneur. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. approx 1999-07. Angels relish the opportunity to invest in passionate and driven entrepreneurs with ambitious visions of the future – who doesn’t want to be part of the next wave of innovation? 1961- 1996.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

In 1999 my wife Carol Lynn and I founded Rahvalor Interactive, a creative marketing services company. After watching one of his classmates reinstall the operating system, he became enamored with computers and their impact on our lives. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Having received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture in 1999, John has continually expanded his expertise across various industries. While maintaining professionalism, I operate from the perspective of, “How can I make this right?”

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I was the first social entrepreneur in the coffee world. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 22, 2017

Personally, Entrepreneurs fascinate me…. Targeting entrepreneurs who are at the “Start-up to Scale-up” sector. Nathan Huppatz, an online retail trailblazer, has learnt a lot since he began back in 1999. They spend too much time doing operational stuff and not enough growing their business.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2011

This is why a responsible developer installs a CMS to give the clients a level of control over the day-to-day operations, while still forming a partnership for any technical needs down the road. A serial entrepreneur, Uri incorporated his first company, CGI for Me, in April 1999 when he was 14 years old.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Unless you own a strong, established business in an area that has survived the first shutdown and your business is considered somewhat essential, the volatility of operating a company with interruption in cash flow means the business may not make it. The possibility of more business interruption exists. Continuing supply-chain issues. .

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

However, the lack of funding opportunities has forced many entrepreneurs to seek funding abroad. Rather than being unemployed, graduates may become the promising entrepreneurs starting new businesses and creating jobs. Alliy is also an entrepreneur, having established Yellow Masai and TanTravel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2021

Entrepreneurs and investors seek opportunities but shun regulation and volatility, which can disrupt the flow of business. Monroe has been in the business of establishing, operating, and selling businesses for more than 35 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. They had interviewed telecom operators, handset manufacturers and corporate buyers. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Numbers are important. I’d rather make decisions with uncertain numbers than no numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Larger companies such as IBM and SAP that had enterprise-wide deployments would offer some solutions around these pain points, but entrepreneurs claimed that these were not sufficient, and that the emergence of the Web and server technology made some of the legacy software inefficient, inadequate and obsolete.

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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. Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. There is a lot of long-term value in loyalty.

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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. 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.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

“And, oh by the way, can you write the manuals for the operators while you’re at it.&# As I poured over the system schematics, I figured out how to put together a course to teach system theory, operations and maintenance. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Are You Single? I wore it as a badge of honor.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year. He was a former Wall Street analyst with no operating or investment experience, who became a VC by teaming up with operator LJ Sevin. JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I don’t know how it operates behind closed doors. So, I’d like to start by sharing the story of a female entrepreneur who did experience VC funding success—but still also felt the impact of the biases held by the industry. I don’t know this world on an intimate, personal level. And if I tried to find out? I probably still wouldn’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. overnight success entrepreneur startup Seth Godin business' Marty Zwilling.

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Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

But a realistic understanding of the potential timeline for autonomous vehicle adoption is vital to decision making as a startup entrepreneur or investor in this area. . ==. The newest one is a power-operated accelerator pedal…” Period brochure for 1958 Imperial “Auto Pilot” (cruise control).

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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. glorified commercial bankers) sitting behind a desk.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. Social entrepreneurs take note!) Lastly, I wanted to share with you the foreword I wrote for The Lean Entrepreneur.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line. Our projects will begin to have a financial or operational impact within the first 90 days. A few years ago I realized my success was due to people liking working directly with me – not because they thought I was some large entity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. From data collection to forms management, from photos and videos to document creation and collaboration, mobile devices are finding their ways into many aspects of business operations. 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs: in praise of train schedules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

According to Investor's Business Daily , even though IPOs in 2018 through July were up nearly 39 percent from last year, the total of 115 companies so far is still nowhere near the rate required to match the yearly total of 486 hit way back in 1999.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor found that 73 percent of entrepreneurs fund their ventures through their own savings, an average of $15,000. Lessons from successful entrepreneurs. Most successful entrepreneurs have weathered huge losses. For some online businesses, the startup capital is actually a lot lower.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Apple - It took Steve Jobs two decades to become an overnight dot-com billionaire.

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