Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. and Half.com.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 16, 2018

How did you come up with your business name? We took a little while to come up with the right name! I worked on one of the first internet banking platforms in 1996 and it is now part of a major banking institution in the Midwest. What have been some of your achievements that you are most proud of?

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Technical Review Naming PR Social Media 56

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. He later changed the name to Facebook. million, by selling 2.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. He later changed the name to Facebook. million, by selling 2.6

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2020

Ask specifically for the boss’ name. She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms. What were some low points during that job? Or what part of the job did you not like? In what way were peers stronger than you? Who were the people you worked with?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Ask specifically for the boss’ name. She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms. What were some low points during that job? Or what part of the job did you not like? In what way were peers stronger than you? Who were the people you worked with?

Hiring 211

Hiring Retention Small Business Naming 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. He later changed the name to Facebook. million, by selling 2.6

Entrepreneur 263

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. He later changed the name to Facebook. million, by selling 2.6

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. But as LA as a tech community grew massively the percentage of our LA deals went from 15% to 50% from 1996 to 2010 and it has remained solid since then. Branding & Shared Values.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Jordan Technical Review Los Angeles 150

Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. I am naming your car ‘La Bamba.’”

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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. I've got my email and I just gotta write it on changing names.

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Board Effect

MAY 1, 2019

HIPAA is a federal act that Congress passed in 1996 to help patients protect their personal and sensitive information. PHI refers to such information as name, address, Social Security number, photo, ZIP code, treatment date, employer, family information, health conditions or other notable characteristics.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms. Pyle was named one of “50 Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us” by Self-Made magazine and has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many others.

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Hiring Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete NDA 246

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

After all, while you want consistency in some of your marketing – you want a strong business name , a great logo design , and consistent branding – you also want to be sure that your messages are tailored differently to different groups of customers. Need email ? Accounting software? A customer service system ? Less Annoying CRM.

Small Business 61

Small Business Social Media Software Review California 61

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. He later changed the name to Facebook. million, by selling 2.6

Initial Public Offering 221

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

I still have the Brooks Brothers striped shirt that Len and his partner Jerry Poch gave me when we signed the documents for Feld Technologies to be bought by Sage Alerting Systems (which changed its name to Sage Technologies and then changed it to AmeriData). Under the terms, he signed his name.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Generation Z, which are those born between 1996 and 2010, strive to solve problems instantly and are maturing in a stranger-trusting community that utilizes daily on-demand services for food delivery like Favor, transportation solutions like Uber, and instant current event influence with news sent directly to their smart phones.

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SiliconHills

JULY 11, 2014

Baer founded the Austin-based company under the name of Skylist in 1996 and later sold it. Joshua Baer, serial entrepreneur and cofounder of Capital Factory, has joined the board of directors of PostUp, formerly known as PulseConnect, an email marketing software company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” John Jantsch: So I got to know, what’s in the name? So, in full disclosure, you mentioned about your name, Duct Tape Marketing, when you and I were offline a second ago. Lance Cummins: All right.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

Starting in 1996 with the Intel P6 (Pentium Pro) to today’s P7 chips (Core i7) these processors contain instructions that are reprogrammable in what is called microcode. Yet the one company’s name that hasn’t come up as part of the surveillance network is Intel. The Dog That Never Barked.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

The first project of this kind was GIMPS , a large-scale program launched in 1996 for the purpose of searching for Mersenne prime numbers , that is prime numbers of the form 2 p — 1 where P is a random integer. Prime time. These so-called volunteer computing projects dealt with scientific research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

To be sure, a number of well-known tech titans started more-or-less this way: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few. The 55-64 age bracket exhibited the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity every year from 1996 to 2008, while the 20-34 bracket actually had the lowest rate.

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Brandanew

APRIL 23, 2018

After all, there are more CEOs named John in the US than women. This report about unpaid housework gets to the point easily: Statistics from the 1996 Census of Population confirm that women continue to do the vast majority of unpaid housework and care-giving, whether or not they work for pay.

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help.bplans.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

—————————————— [Name withheld]. Consulting rates go all over the place, but you’re going to pay more than that in many cities for a first-rate name-brand management consultant. Copyright ©1996-2011 Palo Alto Software, Inc. Site Map. |.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Palm in a New Market What makes this example really interesting is this: rewind the story 4 years earlier to 1996. In 1996 no potential customer had even heard of a Personal Digital Assistant. In 1996 Palm was selling a product that allowed users to do something they couldn’t do before. It was a new product.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 196

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

By the time I was providing them with the name and home address of my paternal ancestors I realized I might be making a mistake. “Yes sir, it appears you don’t have the correct company name at the bottom of your website.&# (the old owner’s company name was still there). Well, that’s not entirely true. .

Software Review 56

Software Review Naming Email Internet 56

Board Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Announce your nonprofit’s role when another user uses the nonprofit’s name elsewhere on the web. The Communications and Decency Act of 1996 also offers some protection for infringement claims for nonprofits. It’s wise to do a search on your nonprofit’s name occasionally and find out who is also using your content.

Social Media 49

Social Media Media Viral Advertising 49

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

My name is Jeff Quigley and I live in a small coastal community called Musquodoboit Harbour (pronounced musk-o-dob-it) in Nova Scotia Canada. Is there an interesting business name? I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. Jeff lives and works in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Canada 65

Canada Design Software Review Community 65

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

My name is Jeff Quigley and I live in a small coastal community called Musquodoboit Harbour (pronounced musk-o-dob-it) in Nova Scotia Canada. Is there an interesting business name? I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. Jeff lives and works in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Canada Design Software Review Community 65

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Ben & Jerry’s is a quirky ice cream company that’s best known for its creatively-named flavors and outspoken political advocacy. Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J. Since then, Wal-Mart has infiltrated all 50 states as well as 14 foreign countries, where it operates under different names. Burt’s Bees.

Southern California 162

Southern California Las Vegas Honolulu Massachusetts 162

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. He believes that returns are derived by industry-changing companies and as an investor in LinkedIn, Yelp & YouTube (to name a few) I guess he’s got the credibility to say that. The lucky cards some angels are dealt with mostly have to do with the timing of their investments.

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 284

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1996 RIM was still in the hardware business selling packet-switched wireless radio modems to OEMs. The new device could hold names, email addresses, phone and fax numbers and incoming and outgoing messages. Doctors and drug dealers equally found these devices handy. Sell Directly to Businesses. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

By the 1930s, P&G had grown to become an international corporation with a wide variety of new products and brand names, many acquired by purchasing other businesses. In the 1950s, Ball branched out to begin creating goods and services for the aerospace sector, eventually exiting the glass business for good in 1996.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. He believes that returns are derived by industry-changing companies and as an investor in LinkedIn, Yelp & YouTube (to name a few) I guess he’s got the credibility to say that. The lucky cards some angels are dealt with mostly have to do with the timing of their investments.

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 Consider the following companies that all raised $50 mm or less when they went public: ADOBE, AMAT, EA SPORTS, YAHOO, XILINX, INTEL , ORACLE, EMC, DELL SYMANTEC, COMPUTER ASSOCIATES, INTUIT, NETAPP, AND PAYCHEX, to name a few.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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