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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels. That crisis saw a global spending decrease of 9%, with U.S.

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Book: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Feld Thoughts

In 1998, when I started ending up with lots of shares in public Internet companies, I came up with a formulaic approach for any public equities that are distributed to me (either from our funds or other VC funds). In 2002, I decided not to own any public company stocks except for companies that I directly invested in as private companies.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

In 2000, global giant Unilever bought out Ben & Jerry’s for about $326 million in order to eliminate competition with the corporation’s brands, Breyer’s and Good Humor. Darius Bikoff, who distributed his enhanced drinks to health food stores, independent retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the New York area.

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Innovation and Small Business: 3 Historical Winners

crowdSPRING Blog

The advent of paper currency allowed for rapid economic growth, gave governments the ability to raise funds during crises and, ultimately, led to the emergence of monetary policy, currency trading, global regulation, credit cards, electronic banking, and – wait for it – Bitcoin ! Social media (2002). The Mobile Phone (1973).

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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. Global airline revenues are expected to fall by $4-5 billion in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of flight cancellations, according to a report from the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). installed on their laptops.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. 2003: Spitzer’s Global Research Analyst Settlement, which had the unintended effect of depriving small companies from getting research coverage.

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