YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. by Jake Dacillo, Marketing Director, Balboa Capital. Over two decades have passed since he made that statement, but the Internet has helped change the banking landscape remarkably.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

10 Valuable Tips and Tricks for Designing HTML Emails – [link]. 24: The Unaired 1994 – [link]. For the Love of Logos: Tips, Resources, and More – [link]. 10 Tips for Optimizing Web Form Submission Usability – [link]. How Can Web Design Affect A Website’s Bounce Rate? – [link]. Phenomenal.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Think email and even conference calls. People are starting to realize that a call is far better than email , and a video call, even better. Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. I think you’ll agree with the results.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

I sent out a few emails to mentors of mine who had been VCs in the 1980s. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” While I don’t know Jerry very well, I like him and thought his post was extremely detailed and thoughtful. However, there were some things in it that didn’t ring true for me.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

In CS147 one of the video we showed to the class was the Sun Starfire concept video that was produced in 1994. The seeds of this were sown decades ago when I was TAing CS147: Introduction to HCI at Stanford with my Ph.D. advisor Prof. Terry Winograd.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 8, 2013

.” Now – this post isn’t about responding to emails. Rather, I’m making an observation about something I’ve experienced – both as an entrepreneur and investor – since my first angel investment in 1994. Lots of people don’t respond to emails, intros, or requests for meetings.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Email In-context collaboration. People point to Marc Andreessen’s Mosaic browser as the point at which everything changed, but that’s not what actually happened. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] How do you pay a coach? Some charge by the hour, making themself available much as an attorney, keeping track of hours spent on phone calls and emails with you. Original 1994 book. were ultimately sold at a tremendous profit.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

When I started making angel investments in 1994, Len invested alongside me in many companies, including NetGenesis, Harmonix, and Oblong. Since then, his daughter Ellen has been my conduit to him, via emails that I’d been sending a few times each week. The number of people he influenced and who loved him is extraordinary.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

.” But while the interviewer focused on the Skype revelation, I thought the most interesting part was the other claim, “that the National Security Agency already had pre-encryption stage access to email on Outlook. ” Say what?? They can see the plaintext on my computer before I encrypt it? That defeats any/all encryption methods.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. To communicate covertly, the pair shared a Gmail account where they would write emails to one another, but would only ever save them as drafts rather than sending them.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2012

In the fall of 2010 Mahendra Ramsinghani reached out to me by email about a new book he was working on called The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Wow – it would have saved me a lot of time, energy, confusion, and grief.”

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2011

In addition, there was nothing discussed that couldn’t be handled in email back and forth or flagged for a deeper discussion at the next board meeting. This board meeting update call is an artifact and is typical of the many board update calls I’ve been doing since I joined my first board (other than my own company) in 1994.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

If you are a leader in your entrepreneurial community and have something you want to add , email me 500 – 1000 words. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). I’m looking for feedback on this table of contents. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. Boulder As A Laboratory.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. People point to Marc Andreessen’s Mosaic browser as the point at which everything changed, but that’s not what actually happened. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

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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. Andy Jassy will be taking over as CEO, and Jeff will be Executive Chairman. The classic example of this is Amazon’s customer Q&A feature.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By 1987 I was regularly using faxes and Federal Express (the only overnight mail I was aware of), but a mobile phone and email didn’t really show up until around 1993 for me. The web appeared in 1994 and a completely different method of communication started its long march into integrating in our universe.

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Contact Author Email : Simon The End Of The Road For Web Services A decade of corporate politics by the big software companies is finally over as WS-I shuts up shop and gets folded in to OASIS. Follow me as @webmink on Twitter and Identi.Ca startupcto

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Since 1994, I’ve worked with the CEO, Rajat Bhargava , on eight companies and I’m psyched about the company and culture that the team is building there. It’s an exciting space and we ( Foundry Group , OpenView , and Techstars Ventures ) are betting that the JumpCloud team has the winning approach.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Since 1994, Conway has been doing angel investing in solely internet software. Getting SV Angel funding is as easy as sending a one-page executive summary via email. However, the email is typically from someone they know or through a reference. The stats on your chances to get SV Angel investment: 25 deals per week from email.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Posted by Adam MacBeth at 1:50 PM Email This BlogThis! If company management wont even engage you in a realistic discussion of the challenges the company will face, its going to be an uphill battle. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 3comments: Madhusudan G S said. especially the last one!

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey. Clips from their interview are below. She took a break from Stanford in 1990 and 1991, as VP of business development at Protein Design Labs , Inc. Want to be a guest on the show?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2014

For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. Social media, email newsletters, donations to charities, and business cards are a good place to start, or learn how to get your existing customers to do your marketing for you. .

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Best regards, and look forward to connecting. -- Jay Turo CEO Growthink, Inc Follow me on Twitter Join my network on LinkedIn The email is being furnished for informational purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any investment. Invest in People.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2010

Since I started investing in 1994, I’ve been on the giving and receiving end of an endless number of contracts which often include SLA’s. The other day, I was on an email thread between Gnip and a new customer. In the email thread, they quickly agreed on pricing with the customer who then asked “what’s your SLA.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 9, 2015

Google’s Ngram viewer (a tool that charts the usage of words in printed sources from 1800–2008) shows the precipitous rise of the words “content creation” around 1993-1994. This is accomplished through your customer service, the emails you send, the blogs you write, the product you sell, and the relationships you develop. Coincidence?

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 24, 2015

They met and married in China in 1994. Email Kristina or Mike! They met and married in China in 1994. Email Kristina or Mike! Jonathan leads the company’s sales and operations (his wife and cofounder, Liping, is the creative force behind Kidorable’s success). In essence, Kidorable is a love story. Show Links.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So he and I exchange emails and ideas, especially when it comes to storytelling and oxytocin and all that good stuff that he does the. Sign up to receive email updates. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. More About Carmine Gallo: CarmineGallo.com. Duct Tape Transcript.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

So I've been on boards, you know, going back to 1994 was my first board shortly after I sold my first company. Sign up to receive email updates. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Take The Marketing Assessment: Take the Assessment. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

After starting in the printing industry in 1994, it took 3 years for me to be placed in the art department and I had to learn the software on the fly, from practice, to training to reading literature I became very interested and comfortable in my line of work. Then I arrange the orders by their due dates and start cranking through them.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2013

I joined my first board of a company other than mine in 1994 (NetGenesis). Or fighting through 19 attachments to an email to figure out where the actual board material was. PowerPoints, PDFs, Word documents, text files, Excel spreadsheets, Prezi docs, videos, email outlines – the list goes on.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

We also arrived at a rather pivotal and pertinent time in South African history, just after President Nelson Mandela was brought into power in 1994. And I did … Shortly after found 99designs (I know, had to start somewhere), and not long after that, Pete emailed me about cS. Well thankfully we do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

We also arrived at a rather pivotal and pertinent time in South African history, just after President Nelson Mandela was brought into power in 1994. And I did … Shortly after found 99designs (I know, had to start somewhere), and not long after that, Pete emailed me about cS. Well thankfully we do.

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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.

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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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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2009

We had moved our game development facilities from Berkeley and Palo Alto and consolidated into one building on Townsend Street in the “ South of Market &# neighborhood in San Francisco. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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