YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2018

In 2003, four months out of college and still without a satisfactory job, Waseem Malleye took a step anyone who has ever been frustrated in attempts to get their career started can appreciate. He landed his “dream job” as an asset management analyst for RioCan, Canada’s largest real estate investment trust (REIT).

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Management Due Diligence Private Equity Forecast 109

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 29, 2011

Methods of reaching consumers change every year (compare SEO or AdWords strategies from 2003 and 2010). He has an idea for a new software package for managing an expensive, time-consuming aspect of practice-management. Industries built around control of information are now out of control (real estate, publishing).

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Lean Software Software Developers Software Development 269

ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

From sales pages to your products, or even your About page, the content management system you choose can make a big difference in growing your business and driving sales. If you’re a large organization, switching your content management system comes with a high cost. A brief history of WordPress.

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Hosting SEO 91

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2014

by Nicola Layland , a business recovery specialist and senior manager at Cashsolv. Entering in to a Company Voluntary Arrangement is something which should not be undertaken lightly, but if it is carried out correctly, it is an invaluable cash flow management tool for a struggling startup, which can be used to settle the business debts.

Management 170

Management Startup Employee Finance 170

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2010

If we use our “startup to large company,” diagram, we can see that sustaining innovations occur within a large company’s existing management structures. The diagram for managing disruptive innovation in large company looks suspiciously like starting from square one as a startup. I’ll offer that the diagram looks something like this.

Search 242

Search Agile Customer Development Technical Review 242

Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2017

The centerpiece of the pledge is the Walker Rule, which is inspired by the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which was created by the late Dan Rooney in 2003 and is now supported by his son, Art Rooney II, President of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Rooney Rule requires every NFL team to interview at least one minority candidate for head coach vacancies.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. When he did manage to start his own business, it was short-lived and failed. #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. Photo Credit: Paul Bowley. My favorite entrepreneur turnaround story is that of Lord Alan Sugar.

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Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 94

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Emmanuel de Watteville, General Partner and Co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, has been part of the startup ecosystem since 2003. He has acquired extensive experience in coaching, creating, managing, developing and financing more than 200 high-tech startups across several sectors, including the medical and information technologies.

Early Stage 138

Early Stage Cofounder Startup Security 138

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. Ryan had a vision for an integration web-based system to layer on top of all of this to help support and manage the software development process.

Software 70

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

It was ok when I was managing 10, 20, 40 people. In fact, when I reached the level of managing 100, 150 people and the business was moving – I was considered a (leadership) hero. But when I came into an international environment and I managed 500, 800 and 1000 people in 2003, however, it was a sad year.

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Leadership Social Media Global Technical Review 183

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

And until you’ve tried startup life, stuck with it for a several years and encountered many “no’s” along the way will you understand that having tenacity is also a key ingredient for a company and the individuals that manage and drive it. Competition is good. Don’t get thrown off by eager competitors.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

In 2003, Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis were friends who wanted to work together even though one of them was in the U.S. It has managed to find the right balance between making music affordable while still ensuring that artists are adequately compensated. Thanks to Ray Leon, Pet Insurance Review ! #21-

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. I figured after so many people were asking to me help them out with marketing projects on the side, I could do this gig part-time while also managing the kids and household. As the agency work poured in, I also tried to manage everything on the home front.

Entrepreneur 133

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 133

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I realized that it is not enough to know one partner per firm and it is not enough for only the management team to like you. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist.

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Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 277

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. I realized that it is not enough to know one partner per firm and it is not enough for only the management team to like you. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

days in 2001-2003. Glassdoor reports that since 2009, interview processes have grown from 3.3 days and data from DHI Hiring Indicators shows that the average job opening remained unfilled for 28.1 days on average in 2016 which is an increase from 19.3 That is why it is critical for companies to build what is called a deep virtual bench.

Artificial Inteligence 104

Artificial Inteligence B2B Reputation Hiring 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

You Manage What you Measure. One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). On measurement.

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

There is one thing I learned a long time about about setting goals, “you manage what you measure&# so you need to begin by regularly recording your weight. Under the credo of “you manage what you measure&# it’s not good enough to just measure your weight. Social networking meets online personal health management.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Alabama Silicon Valley 278

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. One of the greatest challenges in doing so is monitoring the current status of all of these important relationships. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Much like a GPS plans the best route to guide you to your destination, KPIs help project managers stay on track for successful completion. Let’s take a look at the questions that project managers need to be asking, and how the KPIs that are visible through a comprehensive project management software platform can answer them.

Artificial Inteligence 145

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Developers 145

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. Brad Feld is a managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. David Cohen is the founder and Managing Partner of Techstars, the #1 ranked internet startup accelerator in the world. Feld Thoughts. Hunter Walk.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

I took note of both and wrote quick updates – The first was the addition of optimized reviews in Places Pages and the second was the addition of reputation management features in Profile Pages. Two barely noticeable moves in the last couple weeks give hint to the this focus strategy.

Small Business 66

Small Business Marketing Software Review Portland 66

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. – Thoughtful fund management. When I talk with non-founding insiders at many alternative investment firms, I regularly hear complaints about the quality of firm management. The result is a poorly managed organization.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. – Thoughtful fund management. When I talk with non-founding insiders at many alternative investment firms, I regularly hear complaints about the quality of firm management. The result is a poorly managed organization.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

As we collect more and more data, it’s becoming increasingly hard to piece together and manage that data, and more importantly, to use that data in real-time to build better campaigns. Contact Management: The Beginning. launched a contact management software. It was 2003. All manual operations.

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Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Feld Thoughts

MAY 17, 2016

In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. While I’d been a partner in Mobius from the beginning, I hadn’t really been engaged in managing the overall firm. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. In March 2003 I fully engaged in Mobius. Here’s an example.

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San Francisco Internet Portfolio New York 108

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2019

by George Griffiths, Managing Director at uCheck. For a list of relevant offences, see the Licensing Act 2003 and the Licensing Act 2003 (Personal licence: relevant offences) (Amendment) Order 2005. George Griffiths is Managing Director at uCheck , one of the UK’s largest vetting and screening providers. There are ?more

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Security Finance Hiring 104

David Teten

JANUARY 7, 2015

A few years ago he publicly set down his core Principles for living, managing, and investing. Bridgewater uses these codified rules for recruiting, training, and most important, managing the firm’s culture. It’s harder but possible to educate people in how to manage others. Managers almost always jump to proximate causes (i.e.,

Design 60

Design Connecticut Venture Capital Portfolio 60

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Millennium Management and Balyasny Asset Management were his employers at some point. This year, Goldman Sachs agreed to give his company $250 million in investments to manage. This sale turned him into a billionaire. Today, he is worth $1.5

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 141

The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

John Marshall began his enterprise-grade mobile device management company, AirWatch , in 2003 as a wireless hotspot management company before providing device management for old-school mobile devices. ” Development of a mobile device management system compatible with iOS shot AirWatch into the enterprise level. .”

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Startup Mobile Restful Finance 124

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In 2003, the journey of the podcast began, and by 2007, “The Ricky Gervais Show” made headlines with a record-breaking audience 260,000 listeners. Any profession or aspect of business management can be learned about through this versatile audio-medium. The latest member of this elite media club is the humble podcast.

Entrepreneur 101

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

In these moments there tends to be a lot of content to help CEOs and founders manage through a downturn, but not as much for those team members impacted. When I left in 2003 we agreed that my final title could be focused on Product and Marketing, since that’s what I was interested in pursuing next.

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Stock Options Vesting Stock Valuation 94

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

But some people do manage to turn a side hustle into a main hustle – and prosper in the process. It definitely takes effort, energy, and a willingness to step out there, but the rewards can be great.

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Accredited Investor India Private Equity Cofounder 136

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2013

History shows that original ideas change time and again (pivot) at start-ups; it’s most important to know that the leader(s) can manage that change well and build value for the investors. Leading them from their best work to the best product for the company requires delicate management, and more time.

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Cofounder Leadership Startup Founder 160

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 27, 2023

Google was about 1,000 people when I started in 2003, which means last week’s layoffs were more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire company I’d originally joined. Originally Published June, 2013 [and lightly edited/updated] hunter@google.com: From 2003–2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me.

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