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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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2017

Michael Beattie , who launched MBM Consulting in 1995, knows full well the special combination of training, skills and, importantly, mindset it takes to succeed. You seemed to be doing quite well in your first job with Lakeview Holdings, advancing to president of operations during your tenure. The end result? That’s the question.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. Originally created as online support for co-founder Lynda Weinman’s books on web design, the site has grown into a major learning destination. This course provides a step-by-step guide to getting anything to catch on.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

This usually involves more attention to organizational, operational, and strategic challenges. This is a startup that proclaims to be cash-flow positive, but actually makes just enough money to cover basic living expenses, such as toilet paper, running water and instant ramen noodles for survival (no salary for the founders).

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. Originally created as online support for co-founder Lynda Weinman’s books on web design, the site has grown into a major learning destination. This course provides a step-by-step guide to getting anything to catch on.”

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

That said, even renowned founders and investors like Paul Graham have made mistakes. In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. Y Combinator - another company that Paul helped to co-found and that helps startups get funding, with particular emphasis given to those started by young, tech-savvy founders.

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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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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm – “I co-founded a great firm.”

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2016

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. Subject matter experts are the central figures in the design and operation of technology because while machines excel at structured, rules-based tasks, they cannot flex from their routine or change based on external factors.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Jack Weil, Founder of Rockmount. But her 72nd birthday gift was an opportunity to buy and operate the lab she had worked at. Colonel Harland Sanders, Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Barbara Miller, Founder of Miller Paper Company. Jack Weil, Age 107 d. Weil passed away on August 13, 2008 at the age of 107.

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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

MAY 18, 2021

In discussions with founders and investors, as well as interviews , I describe the role that games have played in my career. Another area in which I learned lessons from Star Fleet Battles is the importance of operational security and deception. It’s become a somewhat quirky facet of my public persona: Reid Hoffman, game geek.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2012

Oregon has been operating an SEA program since 1995, and a survey shows nearly half of its program’s participants have created an average of 3.12 Virgin Islands,” five states - Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon - already have active SEA programs. To entrepreneurial types this seems like a no-brainer. There’s more.

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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.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. They’ll probably kill you,” he said.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 26, 2023

10- The Founder Photo Credit: Steve Ramos This movie taught me many things I constantly like to remind myself daily. Thanks to Donnie Rand, American Association of Owner Operators ! #27- 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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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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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. My fiancé is one of the best ideation consultants in the world (the brain), he was a top rated mentor at Founder Institute and has built and sold numerous successful businesses. Thanks to Adam Hergenrother, Hergenrother Enterprises ! #12

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future. Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 13, 2011

One of my portfolio company CEOs, Will Tumulty of Ready Financial , is a former Navy SEAL (1990-1995). Brendan is also the co-founder of the Navy SEALs Foundation , a non-profit that helps take care of the families of SEALs when things don't go as smoothly as they did in Pakistan a few weeks ago.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Since founding my business in 1981 as a typing and editing service, I’ve operated under many names/websites. For this work, I operate under the name Going Beyond Sustainability. I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. As founder Craig Walker remarked, sometimes a great name just can go unused.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. If you are a founder who is excited about starting a new marketplace, there are two caveats that are important to remember. Exchange of Goods Marketplaces. RigUp is a leading labor marketplace focused on the oilfield services industry.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The last time I’d done that was when I started at MovieFone in 1995 (the first day of starting one’s own company doesn’t count!). Beginning with the end in mind, my objective is to start 2020 with a multi-year strategic framework as well as a 2020 operating plan and budget that hopefully won’t need too much revision as we go.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no. with my colleague Ben Horowitz. In 5 to 10 years most of them will be worth a fraction of their IPO price.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

Such things include installing solar panels which provide the theatre with up to six kilowatts of electricity, solar thermal panels to heat tap water, LED lighting as well as the DC microgrid technology which helps makes use of the solar power for charging battery operated items. So what are the takeaways from this for SMEs?

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations. The founders have started companies before. More recently, Israeli founders are themselves moving to the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

One specific guideline includes making “unsubscribe” both operational and easy to see for readers. When GDPR takes effect it will replace the data protection directive from 1995. Further, companies must have a legitimate physical address, “From” information, and proper subject lines. Best Practices for Compliance.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Dalton Winery – The Winery was established in 1995 when the Haruni family from England came to settle in Israel. Rimon Winery (pomegranate wine) – Rimon Winery is owned and operated by the Nachmias family, a third generation farming family who were among the founding fathers of Moshav Kerem Ben Zimra in Israel’s Upper Galilee.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Andy Rachleff co-founded the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in 1995. So we made a pact among the founders that when any of us reached the point that we weren't willing to go 110%, you had to opt out. It's the network that came from success in an operating role that the venture capitalists are attracted to.

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