Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2022

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startup Tips: Enjoying Your Customers For Profit and Fun – crowdspring.co/1jy0bxm. The Startup Mass Extinction | The New Yorker – crowdspring.co/1jTnSQs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2017

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

She was the former CTO of Cisco Systems from 1998-2000, and is on the boards of Disney and Packet Design and was a board member at Sun and FedEx for many years. Ironically, when I asked her what her favorite startup was, she said somewhat semi-seriously, "Raising my 21-year old son."

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2019

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human foibles, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship , small business , leadership, social media , marketing, and more! Here’s the free download of Tribal Leadership audio book with foreword by @zappos – [link]. 2000 Absolutely Free Textures – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Austin has shed some of the innocence of its youth as a city circa 1970 through 2000 and replaced it with socio-economic stratification and segregation of its growth, post-2000. and not the startup kind but the Facebook/Google/Apple/Big Tech Co kind?—?which

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2019

But for small businesses, like startups, carrying out an effective marketing strategy is critical to their very survival. It is a sobering truth that nine out of ten startups will fail , and marketing success can often be the key element for any startup’s viability. Marketing: startup style. Quiz me this.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. How to Improve Hiring at Startups – [link]. Inspiration: 50+ Vector-Based Book Covers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 2000+ Illustrator Symbols for Illustrators and Animators – [link]. How to Improve Hiring at Startups – [link]. Inspiration: 50+ Vector-Based Book Covers – [link].

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Scaling startups - [link]. Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. Why great ideas come when you aren’t trying - [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2017

I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. If you don’t know Scott, he was the co-founder and CEO of ExactTarget (2000) – one of the original SaaS companies. He was on the Salesforce.com leadership team until he left to start High Alpha in 2015. Are always learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 17 Simple Tips On Working At A Startup | LinkedIn – [link]. Startup UX and Design Demystified | 500 Startups – [link].

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. Your founders and the leadership team represent your brand offline, so why not do the same thing online? In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. The Ultimate Photoshop Patterns Collection: 2000+ Patterns – [link]. Quora – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 9, 2020

Another report from STL Training of over 2000 UK workers found that 33% of all those that responded believed this lack of digital skills in IT was hampering them from doing their job properly. The post A Guide To Digital Upskilling in the Business World appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Communication is Crucial.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre [Silicon Valley] –> Itself an outgrowth of the venture investing arm of the original Bank of America (based in SF), Merrill Pickard backed many startups that ultimately went public. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. July 11, 2012. And Why 20%?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Analyzing 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems to Find the 20 Top Reasons that Startups Fail. We’d previously highlighted the top startup failure post-mortems of all-time here (32 in total) written by a group of startup entrepreneurs gracious enough to share their lessons learned from their startup’s failure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2013

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. They know leadership is all about managing their own complicated, illogical, and fallible human variables, as well as the people they depend on. Case and Gerald M. Marty Zwilling.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

Steve Denning , one of my new favourite writers recently wrote on Forbes about Leadership in the three-speed economy. Startup general interest' This concept of a a three-speed economy is powerful, although I think ‘three-sector’ would be more accurate. Just less than before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the female startup club, hosted by Doone Roisin and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Listen to the female startup club, wherever you get your podcasts. And I was the sixth member of our sixth member leadership team to get replaced.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I have been involved in many of these innovations, mainly through my last startup venture, a company that became the world’s leading provider of credit card loyalty solutions with bank customers in 30 countries. I used to think that the success of my last startup was due to our software quality, thought leadership, patents, etc.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. Flexibility is essential for decision making and leadership, too. Image source ). Here are some things you can do. Learn from forced efficiency. “I recession in 2009.”.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

When the person behind bars is a key employee it will definitely cause distress within the company, particularly for a startup. This means that when your fee is $2000 you only pay 10% of that fee to the Bondsman, which will be $200. The Bondsman ensures that the full amount of $2000 is paid to the Sherriff’s Office.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In the field I was in, I believed I was much better at what I was doing than the folks in a leadership position, and had felt that way for a number of jobs in a row and something had to change. So I went home to my comfortable 2000 square foot UWS apartment and thought, what can I do myself, from home, and still make a good living.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco, said in 2000, “Redbox and Netflix aren’t even on the radar.”. Most startups go after venture because they need money to support themselves while growing a business. The egotistical rabbit takes on a race of which they consider themselves to be the best and take no mind of their opponent.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Advisor. ); STARTUP. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Leadership and Managing >. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Sign-up for our Leadership and Managing Newsletter. Finance | Tuesdays.

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