thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples. Remember, funding is just an enabler of success.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Sometime in the summer of 1999, I received an email from Raj telling me to get ready to answer the phone because a guy he’d been talking to in Queenstown, NZ, was interested in us building a website for him. (Uh, Raj and me in New Zealand in 1999 wearing our Sunday best. Raj canceled the rest of his trip and moved to Atlanta.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

By way of anecdote, from the time Dave Lavinsky and I founded Growthink in 1999 through 2008, more than 95% of our firm’s clients and investors were U.S. and the rest of the world has allowed for phenomena like an Indian manufacturing company hiring U.S. Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S. startups and small businesses.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

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. Managers can defy old mind-sets and creatively search for superior solutions. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances. Why brand matters more than ever.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The rest, as they say, is history. Btw, here’s our startup [link] We are bringing yield management to the restaurant industry. This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999. Still, the job of simultaneously raising money and managing a fast-growing company strains every sinew. It was a $4.7M

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 27, 2011

Later, 99Designs was spun off and the rest is history. Initial team members of founding team should be 4-5 people – 2 developers, 1 designer, 1 product manager, and maybe 1 marketing person. This is probably one of the first times that I’ve heard product manager and marketing person at the very beginning.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

” You now can do whatever you want with the rest of your life. We figured we could easily live for the rest of our life on consulting income and what we’d managed to save, even if none of the angel investments I was making turned into anything. This was 1995 and the path from there has been powerful and dramatic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

The CIC, founded in 1999, is located adjacent to MIT and has more than 100,000 sq ft of space for nearby startups that qualify to be housed there. I also had lunch there which was served buffet style with the rest of the office, which apparently costs $5 / day and you just let the office manager know in advance so they can plan numbers.

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37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Established 1999 in Chicago. I was initially unfamiliar with project management software, and the name helped me understand why exactly I should give basecamp a shot. So hey, for some people it doesn’t matter, but for me at least it helped sell me on the idea of project management, if not the basecamp product in particular.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

While founders had more stock than the other employees, they had the same type of stock options as the rest of the employees, and they only made money when everyone else did (though a lot more of it.) While founders in the 20 th century had more stock than the rest of their employees, they had the same type of stock options.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Your suggestion for picking a niche assumes you’ve thought through the rest of the Market Type alternatives. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Reply Eran Shir , on November 21, 2009 at 9:35 pm Said: Steve, a great post is judged by the level of discussion it manages to spur, so in that metric, this is a fantastic one.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

Manager Bob: “Our associates will not repond positively to further cuts in their benefits. Dick then processes Bob’s pink slip and cuts non-management benefits by 30%.&#. By “people&# I do not mean the rest of us. I strongly recommend against it.&#. You know our employees are our most important asset.&#.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

I realize that my 15 minutes up here is all that’s between you and the rest or your life, so if I can keep you awake, I’m going to share 4 short stories from my life. I managed to find a job at the Miami International Airport loading racehorses onto cargo planes. My first story is about finding your passion.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Management Team 9. We have successfully developed business plans for over 2,000 clients since 1999, so I have to recommend our team here at Growthink. If the reader isn't excited after reading it (note that the Executive Summary should be 1-3 pages), then they won't read the rest of your plan. They include: 1. Marketing Plan 7.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 24, 2011

I joined eBay in 1999, early in its life, and had the privilege of witnessing and contributing to the development of one of the most iconic e-commerce businesses. We have been extremely impressed by the execution of Brian, Joe, Nate and the rest of the Airbnb team. For me, it was a true déjà vu experience.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

When I started Coremetrics in 1999, Accel Partners wanted to invest in our Series A alongside Highland Capital Partners. The person they chose to be their new CEO was a management-level person (not an executive) from the company that the Advisory Board member led as CEO. and dangerous. We had already chosen Highland as our lead.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Company culture manifests as the way people interact with each other, the decisions they make, the way managers lead, the company mission, the work environment, team traditions, and rituals—as well as ethics, goals, and expectations. Some of these things are relatively inflexible—like values and management styles.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

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. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. … We have a stock market that works for one kind of buzzy (Demand Pull) stock but is a disaster for the rest of the economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

But if you work in an environment where the person working next to you is a full-time Account Manager at an unrelated company, and a freelancer in the same workspace is working on their own web design projects, and you’re all working independently while sharing the same space… you are coworking! How does coworking work?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

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. I think Apple has become corrupted and its dominance in mobile is not good for the industry.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

More About The Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Learn more here. When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999, long time ago. It's called the certified marketing manager program from duct tape marketing. More About Dale Bertrand: His agency — Fire & Spark. Like this show?

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Technical Review SEO Metadata Algorithm 87

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. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. People who manage processes make more sales. Understanding PR & Crisis Management.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Once again, the 1999-2000 dot-com bubble period shows the highest percentage of pricing above the initial filing range – 44% of deals were priced above. The implications of this for asset managers is that they need to find yield (aka, investment returns) elsewhere.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

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.” Do we truly care about the importance of diversity and inclusion for our team?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. My parents were also small business owners. Grossman, Frugal Confessions, LLC ! #11-

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. What Management Wants.

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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!). Thanks to Michael Garry, Yardley Wealth Management, LLC ! #20- And the rest, given that we provide financial advice, was pretty self-explanatory – and, as an added bonus, easy to spell!

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I’ve been founding and helping run technology companies since 1999. The CEO of a startup must, must, must be the product manager. Use a bug tracking system and religiously manage development action items from it. . All the rest is noise. Fab.com Bradfords Blog Fab Feed. My latest company is fab.com.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 15, 2011

When I’m looking for a project management software that has features like task assigning, time tracking and client management built in, those are they keywords I’m after when browsing different sites. Ideally the part above the fold answers the most important questions the visitor has, and the rest is supplemental reading.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. We started with monetization of Firefox addons, and managed to get our ads displayed in some of the leading FF addons. Today we work wiith most of them.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. We started with monetization of Firefox addons, and managed to get our ads displayed in some of the leading FF addons. Today we work wiith most of them.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. We started with monetization of Firefox addons, and managed to get our ads displayed in some of the leading FF addons. Today we work wiith most of them.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I went to the University of Queensland and studied for a business management degree. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. As I said, I was born and raised in Brisbane. Yaro: It was.

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