Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In Dan Rather’s book he talks about Ruth Bader Ginsberg who was appointed the the Supreme Court in 1993. I know that VC firms don’t hire partners very often so the change to adding more female partners will take time. Of the 106 judges who preceded her 105 of them were men (Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There’s a simplicity about it that adds appeal – payment is received and the business stays focused on the project it was hired to handle. The billions funded by factoring in 2013 are anticipated to grow, based on consistent average growth of 10 percent annually since 1993. Working Capital Means Strategic Advantage.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

1) Hire transformative CEO to replace Ballmer. Remember Lou Gerstner ran American Express before taking the helm at IBM in 1993. It would probably take a near-death experience for Microsoft to realize that being awesome in something is better than being mediocre in everything.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

One of my favorite movie lines, which I think about often, comes from the 1993 movie Rudy. Hire Right As you grow your business, the less "doing" (e.g., So your success will be put into the hands of those you hire. Spend the time to hire right and to train them well. Yet, this happens all the time in our businesses.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

No matter what the specific tasks are, clients hire us to spread the word about them, and most of our customers want that done really quickly. When I founded the firm in 1993 management consulting companies tended to use a leverage model (the junior staff did most of the work) and projects were multi-phased often lasting months to years.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. Ive been helping create software and Internet companies for over 25 years, starting with my first company, Feld Technologies, in 1985 when I was in college.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The need to hire another employee meant the need for another desk, another computer, and more equipment that my home office simply couldn’t handle. I also ran out of room for all of my equipment, and the power goes out for an excess of 5 hours almost once a month. So, yes I think I had ample justification for getting an office.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I’ve been running my own business since 1993, and there have been many instances where I’ve thought of a product or service that did not exist, and I simply jumped in and created it. My favorite business quote is, “Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” Image Credit: Kristie Glenn.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. It got bigger by inventing new test and measurement equipment and it hired people who knew how to execute that strategy. For the first 25 years HP’s business model was static.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. It’s how Cory Van Wolvelaere changed my life: In 1993, after working at Andersen Consulting for 2.5 As an entrepreneur you can change people’s lives, too. Sure, you can get away with less, but why?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

But a prime time for freelancers … The agencies aren’t hiring staff, the staff they do have, are worked to the bone, but they still have briefs coming out of their ears! Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. What do they do, bring in Freelancers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

But a prime time for freelancers … The agencies aren’t hiring staff, the staff they do have, are worked to the bone, but they still have briefs coming out of their ears! Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. What do they do, bring in Freelancers.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

While the city’s tax break deal included provisions that encourage “good faith efforts” to hire locals, there is no binding agreement compelling Twitter to do so and, not surprisingly, the company appears reluctant to engage in the kind of substantial outreach that would prepare Mid-Market residents for entry-level positions in its workforce.

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