Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. There was a significant pull-back of the public markets in Q1. But what kind of impact has this had on the private markets? Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007).

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. Put a willing and forgiving exit market following any investment period and you get spectacular returns. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

trillion in assets and have the marketing budget to prove it. The explanation for the discrepancy is simple: large banks are focused on sourcing and scaling loans over one million dollars, cross-selling products to their customers, and driving down costs through standardized operating procedures and technology. You know their jingle.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. 1994 – present. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Exited Investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

Because, to rent a U-haul, put a banner on it and park yourself in South Park is about as good as it gets for Guerilla Marketing. In CS147 one of the video we showed to the class was the Sun Starfire concept video that was produced in 1994. And obviously it was working because Jeff tweeted it, and I saw it. advisor Prof.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

I was reading an article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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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. more than the combined market capitalizations of Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo, Netscape and the entire Internet sector. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. But to have such a birth, we must first have a funeral.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2017

Since I started investing in 1994, I’ve been dealing with the annual cycle of the hot new thing. Like Cloud Computing, it’s something a marketing team could get 100% behind. Since the year I was born (1965), we’ve been operating under Moore’s Law. It’s illogical, in an asymptotic way.

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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. Over and over, he has gambled on products and product areas where no current market existed. I helped establish product market fit. I helped establish the network.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

However, one area where he fell short was in ignoring the search engine market. Avoid making the same mistakes by carrying out focus groups, speaking with your customer base, and keeping communication open to see how your customers would react to big changes in the way you operate. .

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. So it looks like the market leaders are trading closer to recession multiples than bubble multiples. Today, there are over 2.1

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But they won’t be digital art, they’ll be part of a new combined commerce market where digital and physical properties permanently overlap and interact. When it comes to market growth, NFTs are the clear winner of 2021. In many ways this system already operates much like NFT’s can.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In addition to market concerns, I had the unique experience of working with Dan Nordstrom and the team at Nordstrom.com in August of 1999. Also, many of these companies were built with heavy doses of advertising spend, a clear red-flag in our book. and John Fleming, previously EVP of Walmart and CEO of Walmart.com.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Whether it’s an automotive company, a fast-food establishment, or a chain of pubs, many business hopefuls use franchising as their route to market. By 1994, the chain had reached an impressive 100 pubs and ventured as far north as the Midlands.

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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. more than the combined market capitalizations of Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo, Netscape and the entire Internet sector. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. But to have such a birth, we must first have a funeral.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Because we African-Americans have our own urban communities, we are smart people and there is real demand for innovation, our people can quickly move forward with blockchain and go straight to market. First of all, no enterprise is going to base any transaction or operation on “50% or greater consensus” among externals nodes or people.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

From his annual “100 Books” he finishes and highlights every year, his frank advice to a young medical supply company to pivot toward a new market, or his search for a new CEO for a struggling ed-tech company, he works tirelessly in the trenches to solve problems and enhance the startup ecosystem.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

That’s a picture of John Underkoffler at Ted on Friday giving one of his jaw dropping demos of Oblong’s g-speak spatial operating environment. More of the history is at Oblong’s post origins: arriving here that go back to 1994. The company has been steadily building momentum over the past few years since we invested.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2017

Perhaps women struggle to secure startup funding in part because of the misconception that male entrepreneurs are more trustworthy in terms of bringing in reliable returns, because they currently dominate the market. In 1994, the federal government made a goal to allocate 5 percent of contract money to women-owned small businesses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2010

FedEx is company operating all over the world, but if by any chance you haven’t heard about them before, here’s the quick run-down from Wikipedia : “FedEx is a logistics services company, based in the US.&# Since 2009, Marc has co-founded two internet start-ups - PressDoc and *openmargin.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2010

FedEx is company operating all over the world, but if by any chance you haven’t heard about them before, here’s the quick run-down from Wikipedia : “FedEx is a logistics services company, based in the US.&# Since 2009, Marc has co-founded two internet start-ups - PressDoc and *openmargin.

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Andrew Payne

AUGUST 10, 2011

When we started Open Market in 1994, a basic Unix server and SQL database cost $100-200k. VistaPrint is a great example: though they initially outsourced their printing, they ended up spending millions on their own print operation (fed with custom software).

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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. The Disadvantages of a Home-based Business: Of course, there are some downsides to operating a home office. To do so will take some marketing skills. Market your business.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 20, 2011

“Know what you want – and get it&# - Sushmita Sen, Miss.Universe, 1994 ‘Take what you want, and pay for it’ says God - Old Spanish proverb The Secret Of Success I’m going to tell you a little story. I mean, here I was selling two or three ebooks every week…and a heart operation cost nearly $2,500.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Adam Smith (left) is currently a Director of Marketing for ACCO Brands based in Lake Zurich, IL. He leads a team responsible for the integrated B2B marketing of brands including Swingline, Quartet, AT-A-GLANCE and Mead in the B2B market. They met and married in China in 1994. They met and married in China in 1994.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 9, 2022

written by Sara Nay read more at Duct Tape Marketing. About the show: The Agency Spark Podcast, hosted by Sara Nay, is a collection of short-form interviews from thought leaders in the marketing consultancy and agency space. The 5 “P’s” Model For Turning Your Entrepreneurial Frustrations Into Freedoms?

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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. Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. The change of scenery, school, country and living style just blew me away.

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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. Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. The change of scenery, school, country and living style just blew me away.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Stan Shields is a martial arts professional who began operating a martial arts school in January 2002 (nearly 14 years now). He also co-owned and operated a very successful home remodeling company with family, owned and operated a security products company and was involved in a variety of network marketing organizations.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2012

In operation since 1995, AltaVista is one of the web’s search trailblazers, and is still in operation today. Acting as both search engine and web portal, the 1994 research project that became Lycos was one of the world’s first internet ventures to turn a profit. Games and entertainment also have their own niche in the market.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2016

This, combined with effective targeted marketing programs, has led to a tripling in the size of the organization. In 1994, he managed the 10th Congressional District campaign. In 1995, Mr. Coyle was tapped by Governor Whitman to manage the day-to-day operations of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

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