YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. 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.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. Data is moved, updated, or maintained by repetitive processes that are done manually, squandering time and employee-resources. A company will not be successful without employees who desire to, and do, perform their job well. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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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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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. Dr. Anand Deshpande, founder, CEO, and managing director at Pune-based IT company Persistent Systems , is one of the few outspoken corporate honchos in the country’s tech sector.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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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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The Next Web

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Savvy founders don’t just focus on iterating their own products – they look to other industries and niches for inspiration and opportunity as well. To find out which industries tech founders should look to next, I asked a panel of 13 founders the following: What is one industry (or niche) tech founders should be exploring now, and why?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

With a little research I found a few notable names in relatively recent businesses, although each of these actually started with some big-company experience: Fred Smith, chairman and founder, Federal Express. The company now has more than 160,000 employees and revenues of $44 billion. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

With a little research I found a few notable names in recent businesses, although each of these actually started with some big-company experience: Fred Smith, chairman and founder, Federal Express. The company now has more than 200,000 employees and revenues of $21 billion. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S. Postal Service.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is a guest post by Christian Gheorghe, founder and CEO of Tidemark. 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 It’s a start, a work of art. To revolutionize make a change nothing’s strange.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of a little company called Apple Inc., 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. Technology should be invisible.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

With a little research I found a few notable names in relatively recent businesses, although each of these actually started with some big-company experience: Fred Smith, chairman and founder, Federal Express. The company now has more than 160,000 employees and revenues of $44 billion. He built an overnight competitor to the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

A new study shows that startups do better when they’re launched in the place where their founders were born or have lived for a long time. Our first guess was that the key to startup success is the founder’s ability to go to their parents’ house to cadge a hot meal. Makes sense, but the reasons why are surprisingly complex and modern.

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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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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. Suddenly there was a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2011

by Jerry Nettuno, founder/CEO/ chairman of Schedulicity. Give credit to employees and clients. Jerry Nettuno is Founder/CEO/Chairman for Schedulicity. 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.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is a guest post by Christian Gheorghe, founder and CEO of Tidemark. 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 Public Enemy, Fight The Power. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. So what will become of IT?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2016

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. More human employees will be required to not only configure and manage the automation technologies, create and develop new products and services, but also to perform front-facing, customer service roles. Technology is changing the future of work and the workforce.

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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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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

20 years ago, the classic startup model was to have young founders start a breakthrough company, then bring in “grey hair” in the form of experienced executives once it was time to scale the business. In other words, Ben asserts that bringing in a professional CEO should be a last resort for a founder. During the dot com era, Yahoo!’s

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Jack Weil, Founder of Rockmount. Colonel Harland Sanders, Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Barbara Miller, Founder of Miller Paper Company. In January of 1995, Miller opened the doors to Miller Paper Company and started with $300K in savings and 15 employees. Jack Weil, Age 107 d.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Drew Silverstein , co-founder and CEO of the music technology venture Amper Music. Drew Silverstein.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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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. Walmart has long been a top name in US retail.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 12, 2017

Mother-Friendly employers proactively support employees who choose to breastfeed their infants by providing time, space, and other supports to maintain breastfeeding after returning to work. Austin-based SpareFoot has joined more than 2,600 worksites across Texas by becoming an official Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

A new study shows that startups do better when they’re launched in the place where their founders were born or have lived for a long time. Our first guess was that the key to startup success is the founder’s ability to go to their parents’ house to cadge a hot meal. Makes sense, but the reasons why are surprisingly complex and modern.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2012

A new study shows that startups do better when they’re launched in the place where their founders were born or have lived for a long time. Our first guess was that the key to startup success is the founder’s ability to go to their parents’ house to cadge a hot meal. Makes sense, but the reasons why are surprisingly complex and modern.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year. 3/29/1996: 22.3. 3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/31/1998: 30.8.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 29, 2019

At VivaTech last week, we got an insight into the first-hand experience of John Chambers who was CEO and Chairman of Cisco from 1995-2017, and who now invests in early-stage tech start-ups around the world, with a particular focus on mentoring emerging leaders. If you have people problems, we will give you eight seconds.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Most recently, I met up with one of the founders of the Arbor Brewing company, Rene Greff. Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. Once you have your own business, it is not possible to work as an employee with someone else.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. I’m sure it sounds unbelievable today, but in 1995, Fujitsu was a much bigger company than Apple in those days. Because of the Internet — and especially because of the World Wide Web — things were starting to move very quickly in Silicon Valley in 1995.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

In discussions with founders and investors, as well as interviews , I describe the role that games have played in my career. Catan, published in 1995, became an international hit, and popularized the German game genre throughout the world, including in America. I love games, and I love talking about them.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2023

This movie's message resonates with employers more than employees. 10- The Founder Photo Credit: Steve Ramos This movie taught me many things I constantly like to remind myself daily. 27- Hidden Figures Photo Credit: Amy Bos As a female Founder and COO, taking ownership of my wins has always been a challenge.

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Berkonomics

MAY 7, 2011

We’d all like to retain our best managers and employees forever or at least for as long as possible. But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. The company had grown to 233 employees and served 16% of all automated hotels worldwide at that time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

And for ones that do get sold often most of the employees don’t really make huge upside gains. I remember an employee asking me whether I’d fill out their paperwork to get a home loan when we only had 3 months of cash in the bank. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/29/1996: 22.3 3/31/1997: 23.3 3/31/1998: 30.8

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Stock Quotes.

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