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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. He later changed the name to Facebook. Very rare case.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. Jake Soberal : Hi, my name is Jake Soberal.

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The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. Established in Cupertino, California in 1976, Apple really didn’t get on the map until the advent of the Macintosh in 1984, eight years later. He later changed the name to Facebook. Very rare case.

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Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores.

Steve Blank

These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I Hiring a VP of Sales in customer discovery typically sets a startup back.

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InternMatch: Helping Match Student Interns and Startups

ReadWriteStart

Students are looking for internships, and employers, in turn, when they go to hire are looking for students who've had some sort of internship or work experience. For InternMatch, the "where," so far, includes Washington, Oregon, and California - the three states where the company has launched its operations.

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The End of Innocence

Steve Blank

If you’re a startup raising money or just want to see your name online, there’s not a better blog on the web. His wife, about my age, could have been a poster child for the stereotypical California hippie surfer, with politics that matched her style – antiwar, anti government, antiestablishment.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. Should I hire or not hire this person?

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