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RIP Len Fassler

Feld Thoughts

From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. He told me that Cable & Wireless wasn’t moving forward with the acquisition of Interliant – the deal was all but done. He also taught me how to move on when something didn’t work out or go my way.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Kupietzky has spoken extensively on the value of domain names and has appeared on CNN and CNBC and has been quoted by numerous print sources including Investors Business Daily , The New York Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. In the U.S. Unlike the U.S.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. In the U.S. Unlike the U.S.

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In Defense of the IPO and How to Improve It, Part 2: Peeking Behind the Pop

Ben's Blog

Interestingly the data for the 1990-98 and 2001-19 time periods are roughly the same – approximately one-quarter of deals priced above the initial filing range. Taken together, we can hypothesize that overall investor demand for IPOs was weaker in 1980-1989, in the middle in 1990-98 and again in 2001-2019, and highest in the dot-com bubble.

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Dean Vagnozzi on Commercial Real Estate Market Trends & Advice for Newcomers

The Startup Magazine

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. Historically, low rates fuel a lot of commercial real estate acquisitions. Early Career in Real Estate . Every real estate deal is underwritten by these leases.

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The Complete Guide to Writing Product Descriptions That Convert

ConversionXL

This is useful if, like most startups, you rely heavily on word-of-mouth distribution for customer acquisition. A 2001 study found that descriptive menu labels at restaurants “increased sales by 27% and improved attitudes towards the food, attitudes toward the restaurant, and intentions toward repatronage.”

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