Ben's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Gaurav Dhillon was one of the great enterprise entrepreneurs of the ‘90s and early 2000s. Ordinarily, we would automatically disqualify an entrepreneur with such a massive financial success from funding, so when he came into pitch us on his new company SnapLogic I was skeptical. Informatica is currently worth over $4B.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. I had kept a personal blog for more than a year and was new at keeping a professional blog.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild. and no, we didn’t.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Research & Development. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. In the 1990s, Graham was one of those entrepreneurs giving away equity in exchange for crucial services. Finance | Tuesdays. Innovation | Fridays.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Approach the future from different angles at the FutureStack Conference. Tech-savvy minds, this is the conference for you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Danny Iny: So in the online world, there’s been this interesting development where … And this kind of tracked with just the evolving richness of content. It eliminates my cost of distribution. ” And that turned into, at its culmination, the $2000 course kind of paradigm. Yeah, exactly. I can hyperlink it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

General simplified thought: The development, distribution and promotion of products and services to suit a specific audience in order to achieve business objectives. Our interests need to be broader than that of the marketer from 1950-2000. It goes beyond distribution points and pricing models.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Research & Development. These days, start-up entrepreneurs like Parker do sometimes use equity not only to motivate key employees but also to help pay for consulting and other services. Copyright © 2000 inc.com. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. Newsletters.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors. It is not highly concentrated geographically, or in the bubble of 1998-2000, or in any industry. So which is it? and the U.K.,

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Definitely not a positive sign for an aspiring entrepreneurs looking to venture into the e-Commerce business. Below are the mistakes that have cost aspiring entrepreneurs a huge amount of money. Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Don’t become just another failed entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Read more: PaidContent.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores. It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together. The former enables the latter.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matt is an entrepreneur and the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. Matt is an entrepreneur and vice president of marketing and communications @ Matt Briel (01:02): lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million!

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." You're going to be tired anyway.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Having worked in VC backed growth businesses for many years, I’m now changing seats and changing gear, looking forward to helping the best UK entrepreneurs succeed. I have real practical experience having worked in multiple high growth international startups and I hope to provide sound advice that will really help entrepreneurs succeed.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors. It is not highly concentrated geographically, or in the bubble of 1998-2000, or in any industry. So which is it? and the U.K.,

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. The newest development phase dubbed “TMC3” will lead the world in life sciences research commercialization. All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. It allows for rapid capture and distribution of the many forms of explicit and implicit knowledge, derived directly from the base transactions.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 8, 2019

In 2000, she co-founded The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has since grown into the world’s largest private charitable organization. Make sure researchers working on new seeds and fertilizers talk to female farmers as well as male ones, because the former do much of the agricultural work in developing countries.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Instead, look to various apps already developed that are building support in various communities. Shop owners should look to develop a system to increase their customer’s awareness of reasons to come back to the store.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. It allows for rapid capture and distribution of the many forms of explicit and implicit knowledge, derived directly from the base transactions.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Instead, look to various apps already developed that are building support in various communities. Shop owners should look to develop a system to increase their customer’s awareness of reasons to come back to the store.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Instead, look to various apps already developed that are building support in various communities. Shop owners should look to develop a system to increase their customer’s awareness of reasons to come back to the store.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

According to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Big Data business entrepreneur solutions startup'

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

They could have taken the tens of millions of dollars that the product cost to develop, and made their existing operation just 0.01% more effective, and made the same amount of money. Because after developing that expertise, they find it’s only possible and enjoyable to apply their skills within a larger environment. Recruiting.

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A Crowded Space

JANUARY 17, 2019

There are millions of chess players in the world, and I believe the vast majority of serious players know their ELO ranking and also know exactly what it means to be 1000, 1500, or 2000. How valuable would it be if we knew a forced ranking of every software developer in the world? Could we rank all of the sales people in the same way?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. You’re on AOL!&# I don’t think she really understood the difference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. It allows for rapid capture and distribution of the many forms of explicit and implicit knowledge, derived directly from the base transactions. entrepreneurs startups'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

I still know some entrepreneurs who boast of simply following their gut instincts, rather than listen to anyone or any data, to make strategic decisions. It allows for rapid capture and distribution of the many forms of explicit and implicit knowledge, derived directly from the base transactions.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

The names of these once great, now defunct firms may not be terribly familiar today but here are just a few examples: American Research & Development [Boston] –> Founded by George Doriot and depending how you count it, either the first or second formal VC firm in the US. Can’t wait for the next part. Read More ».

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. entrepreneur startup Big Data opportunity business'

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