YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

Invented in 1994, as the smartphone became more commonplace so too did the use of QR codes. You tailor the QR code content to your customers and your audience. Hence, it is possible to set up a specific landing page for your event and when a customer scans it, is taken to the ‘book tickets at 10% discount’ page or similar.

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

This recession lasted until 1994. We raised a lifetime grand total of $100,000 for that business in the form of advance payment from early customers. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. I didn’t really see how it would affect me. You have a window.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. You need a community and ecosystem that adopts and use your tech.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Trademarks prevent other businesses “piggybacking” on your brand to poach customers or damage your reputation. Representations of a brand including the name, slogans, jingles and logos can be protected under the Trademarks Act 1994. And you can protect your brand at a European Level through the Community Trademark.

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Intellectual Property Caching Startup Social Media 85

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2015

Employees use a slew of apps — from those involving resource and customer relationship management to those for the financial and human resources departments — in order to complete their mission-critical tasks. Overall, enterprise applications play a vital role in the business community.

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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. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. Nothing seems impossible anymore.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Today we send out an inspiring notice about a young leader in the startup community who is truly making a difference with his high energy in bridging startups with investors and selfless pursuit of innovative solutions. We wish him all the best and continued success.” ” So what’s next for the young entrepreneur?

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Illinois Chicago Entrepreneur Cofounder 86

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Joyce Wafukho used her small savings to open a hardware store in 1994. He now serves upwards of 100 customers a day and has done well enough to start “Gumbo Under the Bridge,” a program to feed the homeless. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. But with insufficient capital, she was able to sell only a few items. Likelesh Gebru, Ethiopia.

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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). They missed crucial information about their current and future customers?—?that Where were all the forecasters?

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Panama Los Angeles Miami Cofounder 48

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Mostly, he strives to make his customers happy. Danny K’s boasts 19 pool tables, near-daily pool tournaments, a full bar and kitchen, 41 TVs and 8 HD screens showing virtually any sport, and an all-pervasive focus on customer service. For 25 years we’ve been open under the name Danny K’s Billiards and Sports Bar.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Mostly, he strives to make his customers happy. Danny K’s boasts 19 pool tables, near-daily pool tournaments, a full bar and kitchen, 41 TVs and 8 HD screens showing virtually any sport, and an all-pervasive focus on customer service. For 25 years we’ve been open under the name Danny K’s Billiards and Sports Bar.

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Entrepreneur Arizona California Naming 50

blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

All the work of WS-I was clearly doomed to lead a webless existence as part of the complexity big vendors encourage their corporate customers to use internally, ironically leading them to be locked-in to the tools the vendors supply to mitigate the complexity. It took many, many years for that doom to be made reality. startupcto

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Web Open Source Architecture Internet 51

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) You’ve probably heard them far too often bragging about how close they are to signing customer X, who happens to be a publicly listed NASDAQ company. So far, they’ve passed the legal department of our customers without any problems. You’re not alone.

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Netherlands Technical Review Software Review Cofounder 159

Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars (two million six hundred thousand in today’s dollars) into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Let me tell you a short story at my own expense.

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Bankruptcy Reputation Campaign Business Plan 62

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. I love absolutes – statements with no wiggle room for gray-area responses. Back to 1996.

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Bankruptcy Reputation Business Plan Technology 106

Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

The pace of technology has altered the way we view digital and connect with our customers. Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Ayelet Golz , Social media and community management specialist, Mack Web.

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Analytics Social Media Marketing Media 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. I have stated previously that I love absolutes – statements with no wiggle room for gray-area responses.

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Marketing Bankruptcy Reputation Business Plan 99

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

We knew that we wanted our new consulting firm to focused on improving customers top line revenue growth. After going back and forth with my customer service rep and then the manager, I finally got their phone number off my postcard without being charged. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 4- Our main focus.

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Naming Rhode Island Entrepreneur PR 101

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. These customers weren’t just looking for junk removal. What’s a BHAG? In 2018, we refined our BHAG to include a due date.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

According to Eric Samson , a marketer’s success is: contingent on their ability to influence customer behaviors which makes doing marketing an exercise in consumer psychology. Gather and display positive testimonials to create a social group of happy customers. Without marketing, products and services exist in a vacuum.

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