The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

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.”. As long as they don’t get into the startup game.”. Image via JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images. This is when the IT sector saw a real spurt in activity,” Deshpande said.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website. He adds that, aside from event organizers, the service is also useful for startups and the non-profit sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

An employee of Sun Microsystems, James Gosling, created a new object-oriented programming language called Oak in 1995. Yet there is sometimes greater value in being very deliberate at calculating risk and making more thought-out proposals for change. He de-risked it initially by using it to set up client Time Warner cable boxes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2021

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. Today you need your best team members, with the best incentives, focused on impressing customers with creative solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. Meanwhile, new businesses and startups should keep GDPR regulations at the forefront of all business growth conversations to avoid having to backtrack and meet requirements retroactively.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2013

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it a while back, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. Peak of inflated expectations.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. There are two primary reasons that startups fail: One, the execution of the idea is poor (wrong location, poor product, bad service, etc) and two, the startup is not making something that people want. But coming up with good startup ideas is hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2013

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Unfortunately this “quickly” may be too slowly to save initial startups in the space. entrepreneur startup investor disruptive technology business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2013

Can Gen-Y, much less the new Generation Z (1995-2010), survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have the passion and commitment it takes to run a startup and attract investors? Yet now Gen-X’ers are seen as the major facilitators of change , and Boomers are the angels and business advisors for hot new startups. Marty Zwilling.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I am so very tired of MBO-based bonuses in startups. 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). This is totally messed up in a startup. Things are changing daily.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. 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.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2012

Boulder Startup Week , a five day celebration of the tech scene here in Boulder, is offering several free plane tickets to people who would consider relocating. Boulder Startup Week is open to all, and full of (mostly) free events. May 16th-20th will be packed with several dozen meetups, events, parties, and outdoors activities.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

” While ” The E-Myth Revisited ” may have been written quite some time ago (it was last published in 1995), its teachings still ring true in this day and age. Although social technologies have transformed the business and consumer landscape, the basic principles of sound businesses still apply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2010

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it recently, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. Great startups always beat the hype.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

1, 1995, pp. Accessed 15 Sept 2017 The Importance of Women in Tech was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Communications of the ACM , vol. Larson, Erik. Google Sued for Allegedly Paying Women Less Than Male Peers.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

You’re on the DS (deferred startup) plan. It took more than a year to make this happen (I’ll cover how I did this in a different post) but January 2nd, 1995 I flew to France for 2 years and didn’t move back to the US for 11 years. How I Avoided the Deferred Life Plan – And Why it Means So Much to Me.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. It has replaced how to write a business plan with hands-on Lean Startup methods. That has changed in the last few years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2013

Sculley is currently doing well, despite his setback at Apple, as a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. Yet he was ultimately replaced a one-semester college dropout, Steve Jobs, who was the original founder. These probably feel that their MBA was worthwhile.

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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

JULY 7, 2014

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it a while back, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. Peak of inflated expectations.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

I have chosen Colorado as the place where I want to focus the next chapter of my startup life because of its similarities to New Mexico but with the benefit of a rich and diverse tech economy. This has allowed me to spend time in Boulder with some exciting startups and some interesting and successful business leaders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

We then spoke about startups. Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Startups shouldn’t be like this. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. And there you have it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Unfortunately this “quickly” may be too slowly to save initial startups in the space. challenges disruptive technology entrepreneur startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. 8 beers that night.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2017

Morebeer.com is a homebrew equipment supplier that started as a mail order company back in 1995. The post AI-powered SEO startup helps businesses stand above the crowd appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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SiliconHills

JULY 30, 2013

answered questions ranging from what he looks for in investments to what it was like to work closely with Bill Gates Monday night at Austin’s Startup Grind at Capital Factory. After his retirement in 1995, [.] The post Mike Maples Talks Investments, Startup Smarts and Bill Gates appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Even if you have heard some of the new terms, but can’t explain how, when, and why they are relevant to your startup, you may be in jeopardy. Startup pivot.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2015

So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure. This book was written in 1995 and published by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association so the updated subtitle should be “A One Hundred Year Renaissance – 20 Years Later.”

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Up and Running

JUNE 29, 2010

Disclosure: I’ve been working with SBDCs since 1995, as part of what I do at Palo Alto Software. Tags: entrepreneurship entrepreneurship education startup advice ASBDC SBA SBA entrepreneurship development SBDC.

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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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Kodorra

AUGUST 14, 2018

Born between 1980 and 1995, the timing of the rite of passage for this generation loosely coincides with the birth of the Internet and when digital technology went mainstream with compact discs, personal computers and mobile phones. What better way to tap into this hi-tech community than the digital way.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This site started in 1995 and has been growing ever since, with a lot of pruning and paring to keep it fresh and relevant. ecosystem of startups and small business includes many accelerators and incubators. How to get funding. How to pitch to investors. How to manage and grow a business. Free, downloadable templates and resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Sculley is currently doing well, despite his setback at Apple, as a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. business entrepreneur experience MBA startup' Yet he was ultimately replaced a one-semester college dropout, Steve Jobs, who was the original founder. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Most of the startups they invested in either died by running out of money before they found a scalable business model or ended up in the “land of the living dead” by never growing (failing to Pivot.). Startup Lifecycle Today.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 3, 2021

Sounds like a startup, no? And now in 2021 despite overflowing with joy and satisfaction on what’s been done and what I still have left to do, there still sits one truth: that if I’d had more guts, I never would have left Studio 6B in 1995. Whether it’s a tv show, a startup, a marriage or anything else that feels *so right* for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it recently, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. Great startups always beat the hype.

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