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 take less than their big companies paid them and with less security. Convincing people to join your start.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The weird part is that USA and China both surveil their citizens, though the Chinese government isn’t making a secret of tracking their citizens, while the USA is pretending it’s about security when clearly it’s not. I liken it to the dot-com bubble of 1999. Here’s the history of Bitcoin price: 2018.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 2, 2018

While the article does not uncover any wrongdoings on our part (in fact, it does mention that we have first-party relationships with and consent from our consumers), it does raise a larger privacy and security concern against Google for allowing developer access to Gmail’s API to create email apps.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

In fact, if you exclude the Dot Com Bubble of 1999-2000, they have been steady for nearly thirty years. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5% We have published some research on this topic elsewhere, which I will summarize briefly below. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1%

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

In early 1999 I made the decision to fulfill my lifelong dream to live and work in Japan. I will also cover how I accomplished this in a separate post but in early 1999 I arrived in Tokyo for the first time. I had a nice severance check and secured a job with Andersen Consulting very quickly. And my boss’s boss.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks. .

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Detail prior accomplishments, including funding rounds, product launches, milestones reached, and partnerships secured, among others. Provide the background on the company, including date of formation, office location, legal structure, and stage of development. Show off your track record. Ready to get started?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

One of the greatest industry challenges is educating the public about the security behind digital technology. than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure. &# than it is to explain how the 1999 UETA and 2000 ESIGN Acts and our https framework help keep us secure.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

When I started my first company in 1999 we spent more than $2 million on technology infrastructure including Sun servers & Solaris operating system, Oracle databases, EMC storage, load balancers, app servers, back-up devices, disk mirrors and on and on. He convinced me that the storage infrastructure was stable, reliable & secure.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

However, the ease with which she was able to secure venture funding was contingent on her ability to overcome what, in the VC world, is often an insurmountable barrier: the fact that she is a woman, and a woman of color, no less. Giadha Aguirre de Carcer via Her Agenda. What about “leaning in”? Lean in all you want.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. They are doing tens, hundreds or even thousands of code deploys per day, while delivering world-class stability, reliability and security. manageability, scalability, reliability, security, and so forth). That moment is now.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Small firms and start-ups like yours can be more vulnerable to cyberattacks than their larger rivals because they often have fewer security measures. Don’t make the mistake of thinking cybercrimes only happen to large corporations. For the following reasons and many more, your IT employees need comprehensive cybersecurity training.

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

The next step would be to secure funding. He has extensive experience working in Kenya’s tech industry, having founded Wananchi Online in 1999. The access to information, mentors and peer groups during the years at the high school and university may completely change the future of Kenya.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

Having emergency cash can cushion the blow and act as a safety net while also giving you peace of mind and a sense of security that you have money to pay rent, food, and other personal expenses. Only once you’ve secured more funding from investors should you start looking at things like leasing an office space and hiring more people.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

The Cheskin Research & Studio Archetype found as far back as 1999 that the six-most important factors in building trust with an ecommerce company are : Brand; Navigation; Fulfillment; Presentation; Up-to-date technology; Security logos. . “Brand Identity” isn’t just some squishy thing to be shuffled off.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2018

He started his career in the financial services industry as a bond and stockbroker with Merrill Lynch and then moved to Prudential Securities. In 1999, he started Asset Retention Insurance Services Inc. Troy Bender, President and CEO at Asset Retention Insurance Services Inc. ,

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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. Your data is trapped on a client device (a PC), leading to security risks and replication problems. -

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. Champion is the person who drives through the approval to give the go ahead (and secures budget) to your product or company. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. This is a very important to do when you first start a company.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The post title was provocative (presumably as intended) and drew a lot of attention from various people in the security world. By this point I had sent emails to several of my friends who were experts in the email / SMTP / IMAP / security ecosystem and was already getting feedback that generally trended negative. At their discretion.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

I quit a very well paid job at Accenture with very little time remaining before making partner and took a risk of having no job security at all. And it’s still less than I was paid at Accenture in 1999. ” but then I realized I didn’t even need to answer the question. I had invested in myself for years.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2013

. “CARTES Asia and E-Commerce Asia are the events to source suppliers of cutting edge payment technology and a great research base to gather knowledge on future trends,” says Michael Weatherseed, Director of Security Events for Comexposium. ID Management & e-Government. M2M session (in partnership with SIM Alliance).

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Computer Security. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Admittedly, there are situations in which equity can secure critical professional services that a start-up might not otherwise be able to afford. "If

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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. Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S. stock market performance and the drumbeat of negativity that passes as business reporting these days has been the massive growth in U.S.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The current issue of Foreign Affairs features an important essay by Wesley Clark and Peter Levin (see bios below), Securing the Information Highway- How to Enhance the United States’ Electronic Defenses. The problem is not foreign sourcing; it is ensuring that foreign-made products are authentic and secure.”

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Since its organization in 1999, SHARE has become the biggest microfinance institution in India, and its success has prompted other banks to begin their own microfinance programs.

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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. I started securing sponsorships for friends and family 10 years ago.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

gotomeeting.com/register/638414410 On it, we will share some key statistics, especially that while from August 1982 to September 1999, the Dow Jones industrial average rose from 777 to 11,078, in comparison since 1999 it has moved only from 11,078 to 16,017 (approximately 44%). To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/638414410

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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. You need to work through a team of underwriters, who administer the public issuance and distribution of securities from a corporation. The market is moving back up, but slowly. Is your spotlight bright enough to start a new wave?

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

He also co-owned and operated a very successful home remodeling company with family, owned and operated a security products company and was involved in a variety of network marketing organizations. The martial arts school is not the first foray into business for Shields.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

That exodus has already begun, and it is evident in many statistics that testify to America’s slipping global competitiveness since 1999. It’s past time for our policymakers to unwind the unintended consequences of a decade of ill-conceived securities regulations that have already weakened our innovation ecosystem.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), I’m not sure how many Internet companies started in 1999 are still private, backed and led by the same team the whole time, and generally in the same business they started in. Press release is here.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), I’m not sure how many Internet companies started in 1999 are still private, backed and led by the same team the whole time, and generally in the same business they started in. Press release is here.

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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. 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. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

The former manager had been fired because: ESL had a major military contract to deploy an intelligence gathering system to Korea they needed to train the Army Security Agency on maintenance of the system the 10 week training course (6-hours a day) hadn’t been written the class was supposed to start in 6 weeks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. The skills required to get to the next level were different than the skills I had or my own desires.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

However, how do you reconcile an objection to NDAs when they are often required to secure employment as a freelancer? Im Anil Dash, and Ive blogged half a million words here since 1999, writing about how culture is made. Most of us are not in the position to turn down work because of an, arguably, marginal distrust of NDAs. Why, Hello!

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