Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

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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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

For many Westerners, Victoria Island resembles the polar opposite of the imaginary Manhattan Island, the high-security prison depicted in John Carpenter’s film Escape From New York. We started with three employees building up an e-commerce platform in Nigeria. But somehow Lagos works. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Drew Silverstein , co-founder and CEO of the music technology venture Amper Music. In 1995, he co-founded the digital services firm, Razorfish and grew it from a two-man startup to more than $250 million and 2,200 employees. Drew Silverstein. Craig Kanarick.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2011

How could I have figured out that there would be 221 IPOs in 2000 and 19 in 2001? In his very first season as coach, Parcell’s team, The New York Giants, was hit with a rash of injuries. The press doesn’t care, your investors don’t care, your board doesn’t care, your employees don’t care, even your mama doesn’t care.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

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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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking.

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New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221

Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

When I attended between 1998-2001, there were a few course on entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial strategy, etc.), Groupon had 124 employees on January 1, and it will end the year with more than 3,200 employees worldwide in 34 countries,” Keywell said. but I don’t recall courses on internet strategy.

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Altgate

APRIL 28, 2012

—————————————– I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Myth number 4.

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Silicon Valley Vesting New York City Equity 50

www.noamwasserman.com

MARCH 26, 2012

I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Silicon Valley and New York City startups pay significantly more than startups in Austin and Washington, D.C.

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Silicon Valley Vesting New York City Equity 40

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

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. A perfect example of this is the American Dream Mall, which just opened in NJ, and the Nike’s new flagship store in New York City.

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New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 106

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Your competitors just announced positive news. You’ve got 8 weeks of cash left and one of your employees just asked you to fill out a form so she can buy a house. Your employees are looking in your eyes for signs of weakness and self doubt. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001.

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2017

In 1982, advertising legend David Ogilvy sent an internal menu to all of his agency employees titled, “How To Write.” 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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Product Technical Review Trinidad SEO 104

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… New York. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Funds Slide Hits Paulson Ally A former employee who helped John Paulson make billions has lost a large chunk of his personal portfolio by investing with his old boss.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I was on an airplane 2-3 times / week meeting potential customers, investors, employees, business partners and the press. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We also cut staff from 92 to 38 in one day and then immediately afterward to 33 employees.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

We wanted to find a name that had meaning and that would keep every employee focused on what we are all about. I knew I wanted something search engine-friendly, and I’d always used the term photo safaris when inviting friends along to shoot around New York, so I went with that. Thanks to Rodger Roeser, The Eisen Agency !

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In 1982, advertising legend David Ogilvy sent an internal menu to all of his agency employees titled, “How To Write.” 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.”

Product 48

Product Trinidad eCommerce Technical Review 48

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) I sent notes to my clients, thanking them for their business, notes to my employees for all of their support over the years, and notes to HelloWorld directors, for their trust in purchasing my company. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire.

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Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

What if we could start a new set of exceptional companies and institutions that grow exponentially, that have positive impact exponentially, but are built on new principles, 21st-century principles that are the right mix of art and science and that make long-term bold commitments? What is an employee? We have five.

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Silicon Valley Design Hiring Government 113

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

It costs up to one fifth of an employee’s annual salary to replace a team member when they go, so it certainly pays off to keep your staff on board for as long as possible. Despite being a bootstrapped company with little revenue, we over-invested in a central New York City office at a rate of 15% rent to revenue.

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Software Review New York City Salary Employee 100

Up and Running

DECEMBER 11, 2017

businesses are small—very small—with fewer than 20 employees. When faced with an ethical decision, Aileron , a nonprofit for small business owners, said entrepreneurs should ask themselves two questions : When cash is short, do you abuse vendors or do you hold off paying some of your employees? Nearly 98 percent of U.S.

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Small Business Reputation Employee New York 90

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Smart, capable managers would not hesitate to make decisions instead of allowing their employees to make them. This left very smart employees feeling very frustrated because their managers would interfere intermittently and at random moments. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. 29:45 minutes.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”).

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60