Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It might seem easier to put off thinking about your first essential new hires. That doesn’t mean you need to bring everyone on full time right away, but you should think seriously about contracting with experts—the essential hires you’re going to need to do the work that’s outside your skillset. No one is good at everything.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2019

Here’s why but it’s really boring: The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act called for the creation of an automated system to record arrivals and departures of non-U.S. So, we spent a lot of money to develop a biometric entry/exit program for foreign nationals visiting the United States.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. It is clear that he is simply passionate about being a VC and participating in this industry. A few deals have been funded through this program.

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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. In this episode, I talk with CEO and co-founder of ASLAN Training, Tom Stanfill, about his new book – unReceptive: A Better Way to Lead, Sell & Influence. My guest today is Tom Stanfill. Unreceptive.

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Board Effect

MAY 1, 2019

Compliance with HIPAA laws is something that board trustees should be having conversations with their management staff about. It’s crucial that boards perform their due diligence in learning more about the steps their college is taking to remain in compliance with HIPAA in order to avoid fines and liability issues.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Apocalypse , near-term science-fiction novels about realistic ways strong AI might emerge. Maybe you’re thinking about startups to invest in, or making decisions about where to place resources in your company. Maybe you just care about what things will be like in 10, 20, or 30 years.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 1996, Jim left his career in the media industry—working with Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio and CLTV News—to become a full-time volunteer and teach individuals with disabilities how to scuba dive. Jim gave us some time to tell us more about his journey and Diveheart’s impact. It’s not about scuba diving.

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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. million CPUs.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Brad Feld (Brad is an advisor to K9) from the Foundry Group was instrumental in keeping the flame alive by posting about it on his blog ( The Founders Visa Movement ) in September. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about. in December 1996, while on a student visa. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

I am not talking about wooing potential partners at fancy lunches, or drinks with clients after work, or even the whiteboard sessions that can fill our days. I am talking about the nitty-gritty reality of operating a business, paying the bills, washing the dishes, and managing employees. Kaplan and David P. Retirement benefits.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

. ——— For those of you who haven’t kept up, the National Security Agency (NSA’s) Prism program has been in the news. 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.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. As the executive producer of the DEMO conference from 1996 to 2009, she helped more than 1,500 companies make their market debut. We know about investment cycles.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

But Xerox instead chose to shut XTV down in 1996, despite its external success. One bad quarter for the company, or one transition for a key internal champion, or the arrival of a new CEO who wants to clean house, any of these unforeseen changes could spell doom for an unprepared internal venture program.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

At a Store Called Stuff It’s About So Much More Than the Stuff! And add to the fact they were also considered by some to be quite young for such an undertaking at the time they opened the doors in 1996. So, Sloane and Casey, tell me about Stuff. John Jantsch: What’s the hardest thing about what you do as a business owner?

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

In 1996, when I started my first company, SneakerLabs, Inc., Another customer was my alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, who was using it to host online class discussions for its distance education program. These are questions that a startup needs to think about, as they are key to its ability to build a lasting business.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years, had 16 employees, sales of about $500,000 a year, and three or four business lines. That year the two founders decided to get serious about being a company, and hired a CEO. It let users record from the familiar program guide. Research in Motion (RIM).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 25, 2014

I’ve had many requests to blog about my reading list but rather than do one big long post I thought I’d break it up into several “longish” different posts over time. This post is about biographies. I learned a lot about how hockey works, much of it distressing to me. It was good, but not epic.

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help.bplans.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Affiliate Program. It might be helpful to tell you that the business will probably be valued in excess of $200 million when fully operational (about 1 yr.). I am excited about the opportunity to work with you. Ask them about their deal, how much they paid, and how it went for them. Business Plan Software. Tim Berrys Blog.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

By the time the dust settled on that fund, Bullet Time had made seed investments in about 50 companies, including GroupMe, SendGrid, Twilio, Orbotix, and Uber. I’ve been an investor in a large number of VC funds dating back to 1996, including a bunch of the current generation of seed funds. Brad: “Don’t think about it that way.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. Dave Tisch and team simply did a fantastic job guiding the startups, recruiting the mentors, and organizing the event.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. Dave Tisch and team simply did a fantastic job guiding the startups, recruiting the mentors, and organizing the event.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Please tell us about yourself. It’s just outside of Halifax, and I moved myself and my family here about two years ago after deciding to get out of Toronto. I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. I find the Mac OS is just far superior and the programs run smoother.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Please tell us about yourself. It’s just outside of Halifax, and I moved myself and my family here about two years ago after deciding to get out of Toronto. I finally was able to buy my first Mac in 1996 and I never turned back. I find the Mac OS is just far superior and the programs run smoother.

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Up and Running

MARCH 31, 2015

Six pitfalls to avoid: Developing the environmentally-friendly side of your brand isn’t as straightforward as altering your logo to make it green or making vague promises about cutting energy use and recycling more. Faking authenticity is difficult; so instead, put your effort into finding a cause you feel genuinely passionate about.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Many business schools have entrepreneurial programs geared to those students, but sometimes a student who makes a mark might get personal attention from the professor outside of school. In 1996 two students came to Reibstein with a business plan they were developing based on an idea that Reibstein had kicked around during a class lecture.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

that’s Raj on the left, me next to him, and our two college roommates in 1996). I met Raj in college at UNC-Charlotte in 1996. It’s hard not to become friends with Raj as he’s just about the most honest, happy, fun-loving and caring person you could meet. ” and I said, “About what?

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

It also highlights the vision that Laura Kilcrease and George Kozmetsky had more than 20 years ago to create the first program like this of it’s kind. The only way to get free software was to apply for beta programs, which were not open to the public back then and usually required that you sign an Non-Disclosure Agreement.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. He always was. I’m only a 386 processor.&#.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2017

We develop programming (meetups, seminars, markets, festivals and other pop-up events) to promote and connect self-identifying women in creative industry and the arts, because we find stats like these concerning. It was created in 1996 by 12 concerned mothers raising adolescent girls in Austin, Texas. BossBabes ATX Who?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2024

08:23] Tell us about 3 of the 10 essential free tools you mention in your book everyone needs to get started [11:34] What’s the best way to secure your first 3 clients? [14:07] So I said, huh, let me think about that. No, not 19 2006, not 1996, 2006. So tell me about your feelings and what do you think, John?

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Kodorra

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Hotmail was developed by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia in 1996. The owner of Dropbox, Drew Houston, attended MIT and wanted to get in the coveted Y Combinator program but was rejected twice. Seeing how passionate Soichiro was about cars, the auto shop manager decided to give him a try. Hotmail (Rejected 20 Times by Investors).

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

and meet many many many executives and hear about their digital marketing strategies, challenges and outcomes. Why not keep sending emails / spending on AdWords / running affiliate programs / buying display only on MSN. Your website was created in 1996, updated slightly in 2001, and left to rot ever since. Super lame!

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. So, our primary (actually only) breadwinner (my wife) was about to quit her job. I had taken a business planning course in my MBA program. And I was sitting at my kitchen table working on my juice company. And use that to get new clients.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

One of my favorite things about the tech industry is that reputations and relationships matter. A few years later my boss there, Charles Conn (who now runs the Rhodes Scholarship program), left the Firm to found CitySearch , a first generation online cityguide business. We worked together through good times and bad.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

One of my favorite things about the tech industry is that reputations and relationships matter. A few years later my boss there, Charles Conn (who now runs the Rhodes Scholarship program), left the Firm to found CitySearch , a first generation online cityguide business. We worked together through good times and bad.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

03:44] As you’re pitching this idea maybe to some sort of corporate program to an executive, what do you talk about as the top-line benefits of bringing this into a culture? [06:24] In a recent episode, they talked with Kevin Perry about how he goes viral on every single platform. Do you still get that pushback? [07:43]

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And thats kind of exciting, when you think about it, because allthree are doable. If there is one message Id like to get across about startups,thats it. They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An

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