Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2021

Support has traditionally been the spot for employees with less skill and experience, and less motivation. Generation Z (born after 1995) is a new major spending demographic, who expects to do everything via their smartphone, and lives on YouTube videos, instead of reading instruction manuals.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In addition, although executives in the business make the decisions, it is the employees — the underdogs — who are out on the frontline, selling, interacting with customers, and creating the products that keep the business functioning. How did they interact with customers? What did they need to be more effective? What Do You Stop Doing?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

Data is moved, updated, or maintained by repetitive processes that are done manually, squandering time and employee-resources. Anything that a human performs with a mouse and a keyboard can be automated by Foxtrot, the “digital employee,” freeing up employees’ time to perform other business-related tasks.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

In addition, today’s advancements in technology have disrupted the workforce, transforming the nature of work, and has afforded businesses the ability to become more productive as they restructure their workflow and employee workload. Gain more from your employees. Invest in disruptive technologies.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

One Infosysian, as the company’s employees are called in India’s tech circles, however pointed us someplace beyond all these voices. A lot of people joined the industry from 1995-96.”. These people, who joined in 1995 as 25 year-olds, have in 2013 become 42 year-olds sitting in higher positions.”. All the way from 1993 to 2000.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

People Strategy : The proverbial rules of the game, its logic and how its played in the day to day responsibilities of employees. This is captured in the Policies and Employee handbook ; 6. Usually results in the development of an Operations Manual ; 5.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

But why is the percentage of female tech employees so low compared to the percentage of overall female employees and what can and should we do to change it? Shortly after this post, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick sent a blast email to Uber employees stating that 15.1% 1, 1995, pp. susanjfowler , 19 Feb 2017, [link].

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

It is tough to lose your best employees wanting to advance their careers. And, as in today’s story, sometimes it can mean the beginning of an amazing journey leading to a story for the ages… We’d all like to retain our best managers and employees forever or at least for as long as possible. Celebrate the transition.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I’ve only worked in what could be considered a “big” company for 18 months (1993 – 1995) and that was the company (AmeriData) that bought my first company (Feld Technologies). My partner Dave and I took the number, made a list of all employees, and figured out how much we were going to give each of them.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Yes, from 1995! Your employees stand up at 11:00 AM each day and sing the company song. Consider how much louder your 11:00 AM company sing-a-long will be when your employees see you laying it out there and going head to head with your competitors. Yes, from 1995! Life of current price. Direct competitor comparisons.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In theory when you went public, everyone’s shares were now tradable on the stock exchange, but usually the underwriters required a six month “lockup” when company insiders (employees and investors) couldn’t sell. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The company now has more than 160,000 employees and revenues of $44 billion. As an entrepreneur, she grew EBay from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue, before moving on to HP. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S. Postal Service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

The concept is that in the “information era&# the overwhelming majority of employees in the world have meaningless jobs pushing papers from one side of their desk to the other side from 9am to 5pm and really don’t have much of an impact on anything. My 2 biggest positives: 1. I chose a different path.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

The company now has more than 200,000 employees and revenues of $21 billion. As an entrepreneur, she grew EBay from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue, before moving on to HP. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S. Postal Service.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, no companies deploy applications on premise, every employee has a mobile device and all deploy modern social software.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

When Pixar released Toy Story in 1995, Jobs understood that audiences weren’t interested in the process or technological tools that make up the Pixar animation system. Pay your employees. The secret to my success,” Jobs said in 1995, “is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.”

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

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. ” Andy Alsop , an entrepreneur in Santa Fe who has spent a lot of time in Colorado, sent me a note with some thoughts about his view and experience from working as an entrepreneur in Santa Fe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

Support has traditionally been the spot for employees with less skill and experience, and less motivation. Generation Z (born after 1995) is a new major spending demographic, who expects to do everything via their smartphone, and lives on YouTube videos, instead of reading instruction manuals.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2020

In 1995 Yellowstone National Park was in distress. What problem do you solve for your employees, yourself, your suppliers, your partners, and yes, your customers, and perhaps their entire ecosystem? The root issue is hard to pin down, but the symptoms abound. The rivers and foliage were dying. Have you ever considered this idea?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

By definition, Gen-Y is the generation born between 1977 and 1995 (synonymous with Millennials). As the most connected and technologically equipped generation in human history, Gen-Y entrepreneurs are using today’s tools of communication, collaboration and mobility to build startups with little or no startup capital and few employees.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The company, Danatec, sold paper-based course materials for corporate trainers to use in safety training of employees. Your business success is influenced by many different types of people: prospects, customers, employees, funders, suppliers, distributors and even the public at large. Growth also strains employees physically.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The company now has more than 160,000 employees and revenues of $44 billion. As an entrepreneur, she grew EBay from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue, before moving on to HP. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S. Postal Service.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2017

Shachtman gives the impression that companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google are eagerly using these practices to help train their employees in mental awareness, aiming for better interpersonal skills, which lead to improved internal activity and even better productivity.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2013

It will influence decisions made at the top and choices made by the “lowliest” employee. Since 1995 he has spoken to over 500,000 people at live events around the world. It must become part of the culture of what everyone in your organization thinks about, says, and does each day. Keep your own sense of purpose honed and sharp.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

Much has been written about the characteristics – and quirks – of the Millennial Generation, those born between 1982 and 1995.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

By definition, Gen-Y is the generation born between 1977 and 1995 (synonymous with Millennials). At the other end of this thought spectrum is Jason Ryan Dorsey, who last year published “ Y-Size Your Business ,” on how Gen-Y employees can save you money and grow your business.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 You need investors and early employees to trust you and those are people you already know,” he says. So that mitigates some of the disadvantages of moving to a new place.”.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules. They’ve created virtual IPO’s for founders and employees via late-stage private financing. One of the ways most predictable ways for an investor to sell these shares was to take a company “ public.”

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more In the Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, no companies deploy applications on premise, every employee has a mobile device and all deploy modern social software.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2012

Organizations preoccupied with short-term, bottom line thinking often view their employees as little more than resources to be hired, fired, and manipulated as the need arises. Well-informed employees are more eager and better prepared to participate. Where possible, have employees work together on certain tasks.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 24, 2018

After “ Toy Story” came out in 1995 and was declared a huge success, employees wondered if Pixar would try its hand at making live-action movies as well. Pixar employees were prepared to make the leap from startup to a worldwide media company, like Disney. Stories deliver smart lessons. What about TV shows?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2011

Give credit to employees and clients. He then joined his 3 brothers to launch the national expansion of Nettworth Financial Group in 1995 which today manages over $1 billion in assets nationwide. A professional Facebook business page will tell a prospective client that you’re a pro and can act like one. Consider it good karma!

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 16, 2018

I’ve known Scott since shortly after I moved to Boulder in 1995. He was an early employee at Email Publishing (which became MessageMedia), my very first Boulder-based angel investment. The head of Google Boulder (I think his official title in Googlespeak is “Engineering Site Director”) is Scott Green.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In 1995 there were ~1,350 public hospitals representing ~27% of the industry. Later stage Private Equity buyers rely more on existing hospital management and employees than in other industries. High regulation in the post-industrial economy added to the public health system complexity.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 6, 2014

Keith Evans, a Florida-based entrepreneur, is part of that statistic, although he jumped on the home-business bandwagon back in 1995. With two employees and about a dozen clients, the former telecommunications worker stays busy. Evans says he saw a lot of potential in running a home-based business. He was right.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

For a time, Walmart was making headlines that reported their less-than-stellar treatment of employees and the negative impact their mega-brand’s presence created for small businesses across the country. billion in 2017), employee training, and advancement structure. Get employee buy-in on your brand. Don’t sugarcoat any failing.

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