YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. Professionalisms accounting expense tracking finance management taxation William Olsen'

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. Looking back, I believe that Jeff is one of most iconic, successful founders and CEOs of all time. Andy Jassy will be taking over as CEO, and Jeff will be Executive Chairman.

Leadership 42

Leadership Technical Review Cofounder Later Stage 42

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Card,” which has been published annually since 1994, grades Central Bank governors of 30 key countries, and the ECB, according to an “A” to “F” scale for their performance and success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore.

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

Unfortunately, a series of bad judgments followed, including firing the company’s long-time ad agency, laying off 10% of its corporate staff and thousands of middle managers, and ridding the stores of sales and discounts. One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Mexico Cofounder Angel Investor 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. Josh Cohen is the CEO and founder of Junkluggers. What’s a BHAG?

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions. The Indians have a term for this: jugaad.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 26, 2015

There was something about her – a seductive mystery mixed with a nautical theme that was exactly what the founders were looking for. Google’s founder’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally nicknamed it as BackRub, as backlinks determined the importance of a site. But it did work and how! . Clever, isn’t it?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

And without missing a beat, he said Jeff Bezos, because Jay Bezos was not only a visionary, but he was also creative and invented so many mechanisms that startups and managers and leaders use today. She works with, with you, me and co-teaches at, at Harvard, some other places with me. So plus John, look, we're storytellers.

Seattle 63

Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The new money comes in at a pre-money valuation of $100, but includes a complete refresh of founder equity to 40% of the company. So the new investment gets 60%, the founders get 39.9%, and the $1m of seed money gets 0.1%. and the investors, who put up $1m in a convertible note, get 0.1%. Sure – it happens.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2018

Even Rubén Blades was there, an expert in the bias-laden trifecta industries of music, cinema and politics (Blades ran for President of Panama in 1994). Latinitas staff with Curly from Pero Like The founder of the colonialism combatant news feed Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas, put it best: “I get called out. White guys?—?we

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Panama Los Angeles Miami Cofounder 48

Up and Running

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It launched late in 2006 as a web app to help people manage their personal finances. Co-founder Mark Hedlund did us all a favor recently by posting Why Wesabe Lost to Mint. It’s an online financial app; you give it your passwords and it helps you manage online banking with little effort. Did you Know Wesabe?

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Maggie Kravchuk has had work experience on social media brand management and now works for Rubenstein PR. Tina Chan, Social Media Manager, GEECL. Tool 4: Buffer.

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Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Clips from their interview are below. Want to be a guest on the show?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

The Hollywood creativity has finally caught the technology wave," says Draper, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , which invested in early start-ups such as video-chat company Skype and electric-vehicle maker Tesla Motors. "It tech industry since 1994, when he started as an engineer at video game company Activision.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. It was 1994: the Internet was still in its infancy and e-commerce was still a relatively new phenomenon. One less worry for moms. 43) Fills a need.

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