Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2019

Image by Origa via Wikipedia I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Discuss the team’s business plan with them, understand their mission objective, take notice to how well they perform under pressure, and most importantly, ask yourself, “are they able to expand their product or service’s reach past a smaller demographic and to a larger player within their relative space?”.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

As European talent in the form of startups and entrepreneurs continue to flock towards the USA, the question remains: why? As always, it is is a combination of these, but it is also the deeply rooted traditions of a) risk avoidance and b) separating research from business. This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. Bill Gates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Amazon''s initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A whopping 266,000 startups registered in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2019 alone, fueling the economy and bringing the dreams of many entrepreneurs to life. These startups also made other people’s dreams come true, as new businesses in the U.S. The good news is, lack of business skills can be remedied.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. It looked like this: This meant that the Search for a business model as a process now could come before execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

Moody established Stella & Chewy’s in 2003 in a tiny New York City apartment, but the impetus for the business came years earlier when Chewy, who had been rescued from an animal shelter, developed severe health problems. How did you come up with your business name? What is your favorite business quote and why?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. business entrepreneur growth profitable startup sustainable' When their deep pockets went empty, Google stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2011

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2010

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Rebekah Radice is an accomplished entrepreneur with a marketing experience of over 20 years. She had over 15 years doing product management and corporate management before she became an entrepreneur. Kendall SummerHawk may as well be considered a revolutionary for women entrepreneurs from all over the world. Rebekah Radice.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Innovators are not entrepreneurs. Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Steve Blank: When I first starting teaching, the capstone entrepreneurship class was how to write a business plan. End-to-end “Innovation Pipeline” process.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs. Today Baum heads up a non-profit called Founder.org , where he’s applying the lessons he learned from his own startups to help student entrepreneurs launch their companies. Michael Baum : You remember what happened in 2003 in Silicon Valley, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

Transcript of Growing Your Business While Growing as an Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She is the founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists , a company she started back in 2003 and has seen double digit growth every year since it’s inception. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Last week , I wrote about the strong ambition across the globe to have a "Silicon Valley of One''s Own," and to replicate the otherworldly innovation of a region that has produced more than 75% of the World’s Unicorns - technology companies started since 2003 that now have valuations of more than $1 billion. trillion in cash held by big tech.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2014

At the time (around 2003), many venture capital firms were licking their wounds. During the six months, he would see what the entrepreneur was able to accomplish. If the entrepreneur accomplished the milestones set forth in their business plan, than they were deemed worthy and would receive funding.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. Jalak means glimpse and is a word in Hindi (it’s not a traditional name) and has provided much entertainment to taxi drivers in Mumbai, camel drivers in the Rajasthani desert and countless others.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price was selected to be a Project Glass Explorer for Google. Catch up on Part 1 of his “Playing with Glass” series, this is Part 2… It was 2003, 10 years ago, but I remember meeting Larry Page like it was yesterday. He said this. Good stuff.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

What’s interesting was that in 2003, Michael Jordan was interested in investing in both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Bobcats. And in business, it’s the same. Consider these examples that entrepreneurs often face: Developing your business plan? What is the goal of developing your business plan?

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 12, 2017

Here’s why: Tesla is led by Elon Musk , one of the most iconic and admired entrepreneurs of the past 50 years. A business leader who has driven fundamental change in two of humankind’s most fundamental technologies - ground and air (through his other company SpaceX ) transport. But few found it surprising.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Chris Brogan Chris Brogan consults and speaks professionally with Fortune 100 and 500 companies like PepsiCo, General Motors, Microsoft, and more, on the future of business communications, and social software technologies. He is a New York Times bestselling co-author of Trust Agents , and a featured monthly columnist at Entrepreneur Magazine.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. We both have experience in business and thinking outside the box. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I incorporated BrightWave in February 2003, so we just celebrated our 11 th birthday which is kind of hard to believe. I don’t have the classic story of having an amazing business plan or even an entrepreneurial itch to scratch. Lastly, love what you do because you may find yourself and your business doing it eleven years later!

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

A Word on Strategy Every good business begins with a solid understanding of the proposition and business plan - in short, your strategy. Its worth reading Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint ; it’ll provide you with an idea of what should be included in your business plan and strategy.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Sunday - September 28, 2003 at 03:37 AM in. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. Good venture capitalists understand this, and many will refuse to sign an NDA before looking at a business plan.

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