The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

It had survived the global financial crisis without taking a fatal hit, the client base was steady if marginally declining and the numbers that matter were looking up again. A lot of people joined the industry from 1995-96.”. There were niggles, but nothing that needed a hospital visit. Image via JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. In 1995 the company went public and overnight I became the CEO of a public company. How can we optimize for global distribution. You need to produce your own content so you are in control globally.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2012

There’s no hard and fast start date for Generation Y, or the Millennial Generation, but 1980 through 1995 is generally considered the time Generation X gave way to Generation Next. Our ability to work alongside people of different races, lifestyles, and beliefs makes for a much more productive and efficient class of employees.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

Like other industries -- from publishing to automobiles -- entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. The result is a profound democratization of the digital means of production. [.] For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The show inspired us to create a product that would help an individual learn something quickly and in small bites. This idea of snackable content format pivoted to a video product in June 2016. I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. #3- Inspired by the popular video game ‘The Sims’. Photo Credit: Anurag Dwivedi.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Below is a collection of nudges, curated from my global experiences, influenced by research and data I’ve access to. Yes, from 1995! Every product has a little heart sign, visitors to the site vote their love which helps me make more confident decisions…. Read Diana’s review of this product. Yes, from 1995!

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Unemployment fell to 6.1%

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

With every business being global in scope and always-on, a phone-in service available in a local time zone during work hours only, is not competitive. No customer enjoys being blasted by irrelevant banner ads, and they don’t have time to sort through all the noise of products out there searching for an audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Minimum Viable Product (MVP). For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. It suggests the minimum features to allow the product to be deployed and get feedback, and no more.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. s progress on gender diversity issues has slipped below the global median. Tech, for example, has been unable to support women at any level. A mere 5 percent of Tech’s senior executives are women. Cast a wide net.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Where once products, services, people, credit, liquid assets, and hard cash were the economic benchmarks that measured the success of a business, less tangible things are becoming more and more a part of true value. Traditional standards of value are changing as technology progresses at a screaming pace.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

I chose not to be as specific as to call it Bear in Mind Productions because I do so much more than just produce videos. I’ve been a member of the North Face global athlete team for over 10 years. I started with words that captured the essence of the product, tried their hindi, latin and greek words. Photo Credit: Matt Segal.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

1995 ; De Lange et al., 1983 ; Burt, 1959 ; Weildon, 1995 ) but these have been soundly criticised on points of methodology. 1995 , Reynolds, 1979 ). 1995 , De Lange ), that shows no difference in legibility between serif and sans serif font on the web. 2001 ; Tullis et al., Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). 1998 , Bernard et al.,

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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). I don’t believe it should be viewed as a battlefield, and I’ve written previously about how to productively lead Gen-Y, and how to capitalize on the change they bring to the workplace.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

A global rethinking of economic growth amid mounting environmental concerns. The downsizing of America’s workforce between 1979 and 1995, coinciding with now-familiar leaps in executive salaries and the shipping of American job overseas, began to cast doubt on the values of hard work and company loyalty.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. Today, this thesis is less relevant. American VCs are critical.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Production and efficiency is being replaced very quickly by value and meaning. Crumpler have the in store production bay behind glass where their craftsman can be viewed in action and custom made bags can be ordered, and watched being made. So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. Meaning & Value > Volume.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2019

Huffington continued her success by creating Thrive Global, an online platform dedicated to helping individuals balance work and life. Since 2016, Thrive Global has been the go-to place for women in business. Ultimately, she wanted to be in control of her own destiny, so she took a risk and started her own production company.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. It’s a great business.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Startups have honed in on every vertical imaginable, branched out from product to services, and tested out new paths to profitability. Through the process, I was struck by just how much marketplaces have evolved since eBay sparked the first wave of product-focused marketplaces in 1995. Standard commerce tames the wild west.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

” And therefore, we are Cooperatize.com which is ProductIZE + COOPERATion = Cooperatize! Since that wasn’t going so well we switched tactics and asked ourselves: “what is our product? I had all these products with SA on the packaging and needed to come up with a name. I owe you a coffee!”

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 22, 2011

My Internet Infopreneur’s Journey The year was 1995, and the Internet had just come to India. I was an early adopter, and found myself fascinated at the global reach and access the World Wide Web offered at my fingertips. Meaningful success in writing and information product selling is bound to take some time and effort.

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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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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. Sometimes it makes sense to insulate entrepreneurs from pressure to make money while they build their products, Mr. Siegel said.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2020

I ran the group from 1995 through 2002, which was an incredibly exciting period of time, during which time the so-called cocktails developed. That's the most important long term lesson I think that we as a global society should take home. And you would expect your return to be several years down the road.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 3, 2014

A report by the McKinsey Global Institute says there’s “an opportunity to raise the productivity of interaction workers—high-skill knowledge workers, including managers and professionals—by 20 to 25 percent.” For more on the staggering cost of business email, go here. Email Less. Collaborate More. Following ACT!’s

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Compliance laws reach a global market, so let’s visit a few that affect any international email your marketing team sends. Global SPAM Laws. If you’re larger than a mom and pop shop, complying and understanding global laws is pertinent to your bottom line. But these guidelines don’t stop at the U.S. Use the Double Opt-in Method.

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