Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 12, 2021

I had launched my first business, a VAR, in 1996. Every business wanted to connect to their PCs, their printers and the newest technology of all… the Internet. Internet ads, mailers, networking events, billboards, promotional items, it goes on and on. Don’t be the leader, be the differentiator. I felt invisible.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Since 1996, ASLAN has worked with many Fortune 500 companies, training more than 100,000 sellers and leaders in over 35 countries. Top 20, since 1996, ASLAN has worked with many fortune 500 companies training more than 100,000 sellers and leaders all over in 35 countries. My guest today is Tom Stanfill. I don't real decision makers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

For those too young to remember perhaps the best known of this era came in 1996 and was known as Dancing Baby , a strange, animated gif of — you guessed it. It’s no longer necessarily just a long-form, audio on format — it’s becoming part of the fabric of the Internet. Back then there were “email forwards.” Video is the new HTML.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. There is a strategic differentiator in the ability to find VC followers. That’s what he knows best.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. There a strategic differentiator is the ability to find VC followers. That’s what he knows best. Obviously I agree.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I don’t think we as busy professionals and Internet junkies know how to sit still and self-reflect. It was clear as day, even back then, that in our ever-faster, post-Twitter world, the only way to differentiate ourselves would be to focus on our core strengths — analysis and context, but with blog sensibilities. They may [.].

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