Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. Finding great employees first. Different types of equity compensation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2019

Peter Drucker (1909-2005), the late Austrian-born management consultant, once famously said that culture eats strategy for breakfast — i.e., while a sound business plan is excellent, nothing is more important than a company’s culture. The post The Modern Shape and Trends of Employee Culture appeared first on ReadWrite.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

I was a founder and former CEO of Mustang Engineering, and from 2005 through 2014, Mustang opened several international offices. I believe in encouraging employees to speak up if they spot a problem or have a suggestion. If employees feel comfortable speaking out, that can help a U.S. I know this from experience.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. They should be able to identify a gap in the market that their product can fill, and be able to communicate this to investors and employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

We worked evenings and weekends getting a system read for public utility employees to be able to move into the future and have more power on their desktops than the dumb terminals they were used to. We built our product at Koral in 2005 with this design philosophy in mind. The earliest user testing proved disastrous.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2019

This A player theory is seductive to senior management for 2 reasons: 1) They consider themselves A players, and think they have achieved their positions due to their individual talents; and 2) It is far easier to focus on a few talented employees than attempting to develop the entire people-base of an organization.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In June of 2005 while on vacation with my wife, I received a call from my brother. Our little business grew from four employees to over 30. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us. We put our heads down, worked hard, and learned as we went.

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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. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Having a simple background in sales and marketing , he came up with attractive employee benefits.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

They're also dedicated to giving back to the community and their employees, who each receive three pints of ice cream per day. He invested his last $35M in the company and got another $7M loan from friends, family, and what Tesla employees could spare. When he starts a business, the only thing that matters to him is his employees.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2015

Harvard’s Teresa Amabile points out that employees are happier and more productive when they understand their role in achieving their company’s mission. According to a survey conducted by 15Five, 81% of employees value open communication above all other workplace perks. Action steps: Be responsive when an employee shares.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

It’s an enlightening look at the role of teamwork in human society and how that role is changing as new technologies evolve, both useful to know more about when you’re trying to get a diverse group of employees to work together on a modern problem. Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from. Jason Fried: Why work doesn’t happen at work.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, authors of “ The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built a Bestseller “ These days we hear plenty about employee engagement. We know disengaged employees are bad for business. Frankly, it’s because in many cases employees really don’t have a stake.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Supporting field employees, such as construction or landscape companies, who can access files and applications via tablet or phone while on a jobsite. Email moves to the cloud, which allows access when an employee is not in the office. Attracting top talent with the option to work from home or coworking space.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 14, 2014

We should all try to approach every day as if we were a new employee , but that’s hard through long successful tenures. Facebook’s Head of Product Chris Cox is, gasp, in his 30s and joined Facebook in 2005. Where does innovation come from? Fresh eyes.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

In addition, the prospective employee can decide if his or her goals align with theirs. Culture fit is very important at a startup for both the employer and employee. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc. Whats your exit strategy?

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 28, 2020

The company, which has 200 employees including 15 in Austin, creates online survey and insights solutions software. Austin is like where Seattle used to be in 2005, small, but ready to go,” said Vivek Bhaskaran, CEO […]. QuestionPro has moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Austin.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Brian Roland, an alumnus of Belmont University, had been working with Sprint for five years designing and developing online employee procurement portals for Fortune 100 companies. These portals gave employees of Sprint corporate customers access to discounts on Sprint products and services.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. Top founders want to live in a place where employees are serious about working hard. They’re less impactful on a year to year basis.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was a benefit to employees and a slight value transfer from equity holders to option holders (generally speaking in M&A transactions the value of the aggregate option exercise ends up allocated across the rest of the cap table).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. 2)&# it’s not fair to the rest of the employees who don’t get to take money out. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often. Fast forward to my second company.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. I wish this article was out when I wrote that letter to Bootstrap Austin in 2005 as it kind of frames the tradeoff perfectly.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

You can make all the grand plans you like about delivering an entertaining, inspiring, simple, surprising or mission filled marketing strategy, but you won’t make it happen unless it comes from within – at the hands of fun, inspired, motivated, surprised and connected employees.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Today employment in the sector is comparable to levels from 2005-2006 when revenues were also similar. So although technology has certainly advanced rapidly since then, the effect is not showing up on revenue per employee. Revisiting our components let’s see why.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

Eugene Wei, a former Amazon employee, identified the latter as the company’s invisible asymptote , or key limiter of growth.). At Samsung, user research led the company to redesign its televisions in 2005, doubling their market share in just two years. A “braided” approach to UX and design. Image source ). Image source ).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are my beliefs on how employees and customers should be treated? Don’t treat your employees like commodities. Rarely is employee turnover talked about in business schools — and you won’t see it as a line item on a business plan, either — but it has the potential to be one of the biggest costs for your business.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

In today’s ever-changing business world, adaptable and entrepreneurial employees are your most valuable competitive advantage. If you want your employees to be more entrepreneurial, create the fertile ground in which they will bloom! You and your company have to walk the talk.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 3, 2010

competition (most have close to or well over 100 employees, we have 16). [F]rom F]rom 2005 to 2008 we grew revenue by 1,067% from $373,866 in. 2005 to $4.4 employees, a ton of servers, niche software, and 1 dog. "Financially, we've been very successful considering our size relative to the. We did that with 8.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. No Dave S. = Seattle has its patrons.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

5- Employees, clients and future of my company. For me, knowing that I have dedicated, hard working employees that rely on me, and amazing clients that trust me with their brands, keeps me going. When I started my company in 2005, I spent too many years working so much both IN and ON the business that I burned out.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2005 Vagnozzi put together 30 investors to pool $1M and fund the development of 110 acres in Montgomery County. Despite the growing trend of working from home, he believes that office employees are not going to be going away any time soon. The entrepreneur in him started to flourish.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head). round closed Feb 2005. So these three companies account for about half Kayak’s revenues today.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

I had to make drastic cuts, including letting go beloved employees. In 2005, I succeeded – and it has been upward and onward ever since. That was the case for her during those tough times after the 9/11 attacks. If you’ve recently launched a new business, know that you’ll encounter challenges, but don’t panic.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2015

Houlihan and Harvey started the Barefoot Wine brand in their laundry room in 1985, made it a nationwide bestseller, and successfully sold the brand to E&J Gallo in 2005. Professionalisms Bonnie Harvey customer feedback customer service customer service management marketing Michael Houlihan sales'

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

That’s why Barefoot made sure employees weren’t afraid to make or report mistakes (those involving technical errors, that is — bad behavior or an inability to perform should not be overlooked). You’ve just increased the chances that it will happen again. Basically, our approach to mistakes was to say, ‘Congratulations!

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