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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm. With that merger, half of each of our business’ names also merged, and that’s how we came up with ‘Enventys Partners’. Thanks to Roy Morejon, Enventys Partners ! #10-

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. based teachers.

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Best of Breed

thebarefootvc

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. – PEOPLE. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt.

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

“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. No one will say work less and go home and spend time with your partner and/or family.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad.

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Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. 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. Platforms upon which their community of users continually expands into new verticals.