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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. In every one of the last 15 years, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 have had a higher rate of entrepreneurial growth than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Maybe surprisingly, but emerging managers in particular, outperformed ‘blue chip’ funds from 2004 to 2020. Eze Vidra, Remagine Ventures Venture remains attractive but LPs have been burnt With a 11.5% IRR (on average) over a 15-year horizon, Venture continues to outperform other long-term asset classes.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. As more companies and organizations invest in mobile banking technology, it has the potential to make a significant impact on global financial inclusion. The Renault Logan. The Dacia Logan – By JanekJankowski – Thank you!

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How the heck did the great European Renaissance emerge from the depth of its Dark Ages?

deal architect

I kept asking that question during a family trip to Italy in 2004. That puzzle led me to consider writing the New Florence, New Renaissance blog, in addition to the Deal Architect blog. Both blogs are celebrating their 15th birthday.

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The Search For the Fountain of Youth – Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Enterprise

Steve Blank

The Ambidextrous Organization, Charles O’Reilly / Michael Tushman : April 2004. Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises, Geoffrey Moore : July/August 2004. . - The Quest for Resilience, Gary Hamel / Liisa Valikangas : Sept 2003. -

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7 Strategies To Cultivate Next Generation Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

They started out as that spoiled generation of kids, born between about 1982 and 2004, who had everything, and could care less about business. Millennials have come a long way in business since I started writing about them over ten years ago. Today they are in every business and will likely comprise 75 percent of the workforce by 2025.