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Can You Track An Employee’s Cell Phone Without Installing Software?

YoungUpstarts

If you provide company-owned phones, laptops, or vehicles, then you may legally install some forms of GPS tracking software. But what if you want to track an employee without installing software? Thus, a smartphone, laptop, or other electronic devices that are provided by your company can legally contain tracking software on it.

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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. This closed but very large market means that greater than 90% of Chinese software startups focus exclusively on the Chinese market.

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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. This closed but very large market means that greater than 90% of Chinese software startups focus exclusively on the Chinese market.

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An Interview with Steve Ligouri, Serial Innovator

Startup Lessons Learned

I was president first of Citibank New York, then Citibank Federal Savings Bank, which is all the U.S. In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley’s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there.

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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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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

The first article that we wanted to talk about is one written by the founder of Palo Alto Software, Tim Berry. Your accounting software, you’re entering those numbers. Twenty-three year-olds in New York City running a small business. That’s some 2001 stuff right there. We weren’t just weak.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

Both Sides of the Table

This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. At BuildOnline we had brought one new investor to the deal – a Swiss/New York investor called ETF Group. I jumped on a plane and immediately flew to New York for just 1 day to meet with the Chief Investment Officer of ETF.

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