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How to Hack Growth When Growth Stalls

ConversionXL

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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13 Important Branding Lessons From The Top 4 e-Commerce Giants

YoungUpstarts

The online classified site’s interface has remained mostly unchanged since it debuted in 1995. No one could call Craigslist a beautifully designed website – even in 1995. Let that govern your business practices. Phone calls and live chat will create stronger bonds than email. But, it is functional and user-friendly.

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In Santa Fe We Wish We Had The Boulder Problems!

Feld Thoughts

To give you some background, I moved to Santa Fe, NM from the East Coast in 1995 to start a company with my older brother. Santa Fe’s anemic economy is due in large part because Santa Fe has an older population made up primarily of retirees in addition to federal, state and local government workers and service-based workers.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I was tired of the bureaucracy of government and corporate work along with limited vacation days (my balance was always bouncing off of zero!). The best part is when you’re abroad and responding to emails during the day there but in the middle of the night in the US. Image Credit: Laura Renner. Because I wanted to travel.

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The Magic of the Irish – Dublin’s Resurgence on the Global Tech Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. He began messaging and emailing me to try and get me to come out to the event, which he was now turning into a conference called Web Summit. Scenes from my counter-top on my last night in Dublin.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

If you are a leader in your entrepreneurial community and have something you want to add , email me 500 – 1000 words. Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). Government. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. I’m looking for feedback on this table of contents. Boulder As A Laboratory.

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Growth Could Kill Your Company!

Duct Tape Marketing

She launched her first website in 1995 and in 2001 founded Web Mystery Shoppers, one of the world’s first companies to do remote usability testing of websites and web-related customer service. She’d love to meet you on Twitter @temafrank or by email. Her podcast, Frank Reactions , focuses on customer experience in the digital era.

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