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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #2: What’s in a name?

Austin Startup

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). My co-founders and I wanted a name that would reflect the incredible ambition of our mission: “to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world”. I think really hard when I’m naming a new startup. We were locked.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half. No new investments.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Do you think they even notice when you leave? Especially sharp, stinging criticism from a customer that you’ve now let down[.]

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Do you think they even notice when you leave? Especially sharp, stinging criticism from a customer that you’ve now let down[.]

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Do you think they even notice when you leave? Especially sharp, stinging criticism from a customer that you’ve now let down[.]

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

As a founder, one of the most painful things in the world to hear is criticism of your baby. Popular eCommerce site Threadless has had a “feature request” thread on their customer forum since 2005. Do you think they even notice when you leave? Especially sharp, stinging criticism from a customer that you’ve now let down[.]

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV. based teachers.