Since 1997, our immediate destiny has been in our own hands.” If you think startups have a tough time today, making ends meet and raising the necessary capital to take things to the next level, here’s an interesting little nugget courtesy of “Mr. MORE
Girlstart, founded in 1997, runs programs to empower girls in the fields of Science Technology Engineering and Math, known as […] The post SXSW Interactive Names Girlstart’s Tamara Hudgins to its Hall of Fame appeared first on SiliconHills. South by Southwest has named Girlstart Executive Director Tamara Hudgins to its Interactive Hall of Fame for 2015. SXSW is honoring Hudgins for her work in expanding and developing the Austin-based nonprofit organization since 2009. MORE
I was involved in the creation of reservationless audioconferencing, which was pioneered by Raindance (I was a seed investor) in 1997. Each day I do at least two, and sometimes as many as a half dozen, audio conference calls. I make almost all of them from my iPhone when I’m walking somewhere or driving in my car. I find the process of dialing into a conference totally insane, maddening, and archaic. Here’s how it usually goes when I’m in the car. MORE
Once we received venture capital funding (from Atlas Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners) we opened our first office at 51 Winchester St, Newton in 1997. MORE
from 1997 to 2014. Enterprise is defined as the act of creating, innovating and setting up a business, taking financial risks expecting profits. MORE
I started investing in 1994 and while there was some bumpiness in 1997 and again in 1999, the real pain happened between 2000 and 2005. Mark Suster wrote a great post yesterday titled The Resetting of the Startup Industry. Go read it now – I’ll wait. Once again, as we find ourselves in the middle of a significant public market correction, especially around technology stocks, there’s an enormous amount of noise in the system, as there always is. MORE
It went bankrupt in 1997.). I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. All the usual caveats apply. MORE
Imagine, for example, that you were thinking of starting Netflix back when it was founded in 1997. The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is preordained. This neglects the years of toil that entrepreneurs endure, and also the fact that the vast majority of startups change over time, often dramatically. MORE
It was 1997 if memory serves me right. Doug Burgum, then CEO of Great Plains (now part of Microsoft) used his entire keynote at the annual Stampede user event to talk about the story of an English clockmaker, John Harrison. Industry Commentary MORE
William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. MORE
Deep Blue may have famously defeated Garry Kasparovin 1997 but and in reflecting, he's now hopeful about what AI technology will bring mankind in the future. MORE
In 1997, Coca-Cola developed and released vending machines, which were able to accept payments through text messages. Over the past ten years or so, consumers have been blessed with new payment opportunities, which have brought added convenience. MORE
Clayton Christensen’s book The Innovators Dilemma , originally published in 1997, changed my understanding of innovation, the evolution of value chains and gave me a theory of disruption that has served me very well over the years. MORE
In 1997, Gary Vaynerchuk launched Winelibrary.com and helped grow his family business from $3 million to $60 million in seven years. Here he explains how to do marketing well in an Internet world MORE
The State of Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express in 2014 found that the rate of increase of women entrepreneurs is up 68% since 1997 with more than 9.1 MORE
I just watched the first two episodes of Black Mirror’s season 3 last night. I love the show – it’s totally my flavor of the dystopian fantasy / technology gone wrong genre. But, I find myself a bit tired of the negativity that these shows portray. MORE
But, “Dilemma” first came out in 1997, and I think we need to acknowledge how companies which. I am a big fan of Clayton Christensen’s “Innovator’s Dilemma”. and his other writings. My blogs and books similarly celebrate disruptors and innovators. Industry Commentary MORE
Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. It’s appalling what passes for “successful entrepreneurship” in the press or the Valley, but it’s not their fault. MORE
Fanatic Software, founded in 1997, develops mobile and Mac applications. Fanatic Software, based in Cedar Park, now belongs to Complete XRM. The Salt Lake City-based Complete XRM did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Its flagship product is the Pocket Informant Mac, iOS and Android productivity apps. It has more than four million […] The post Complete XRM Buys Fanatic Software appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin MORE
By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. This article ( Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact ) first appeared last week in the Wall Street Journal The Accelerators Column , which I’m contributing to on a regular basis. . In 1987 when I started my first company (Feld Technologies), I wrote a business plan for a course at MIT that I was in called 15.375: New Enterprises. The textbook for the course was Jeffry A. MORE
I’ve just re-read Jeff Bezos 1997 letter to shareholders. It’s a great example of clear story telling and bold strategy, but most importantly Bezos’ judgement is amazing, and much of it stands the test of time. MORE
In 1997, 20 percent of CEOs on Inc. staff, 1997). ”. Paycheck Financing: A Great Way To Bootstrap Your Startup by Sramana Mitra. Entrepreneurs looking to launch their startups are often faced with myriad difficult decisions, chief among them being the question of seed financing. MORE
The company, founded in 1997, provides cloud-based health information services for electronic medical records and other medical documents. Athenahealth announced plans to put a research and development center in Austin with plans to create 600 new jobs. It plans to occupy 110,000 square feet of the Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment project in downtown Austin and […] The post Athenahealth Picks Austin for R&D Center and Plans to Create 600 Jobs appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
In 1997, Steve Jobs was answering developers' questions when one audience member took a shot at him. What happens next is remarkable. MORE
When he returned to Apple in 1997, Steve Jobs introduced three products that proved he had mastered two fundamental concepts on which Apple''s success depended MORE
Hosted by small business expert Jim Blasingame of Small Business Advocate, SBR is the world’s only weekday radio talk show dedicated to small business, nationally syndicated since 1997. MORE
Clayton Christensen wrote his iconic book that lays out this philosophy in 1997. One of the areas I explore in the book I’m writing, currently titled, Thrive , centers around the innovator’s dilemma. MORE
I came across this old video recently of Jobs doing a keynote at the Apple WWDC in 1997 (yes, I know that was 14 years ago). 16 Brilliant Insights From Steve Jobs Circa 1997. Full Transcript of Steve Jobs Apple WWDC Keynote 1997. MORE
His 1997 letter to Amazon shareholders is a blueprint for building a durable franchise in technology. Here are some random nuggets: Free cash flow was their focus since 1997. A tech friend gives me s**t about being a Jeff Bezos fanboy. I’m unabashedly a fan. I recently compiled and read all of these letters from 1997-2011. Read together, it’s essentially a 15 year narrative of building long-term value in technology and also a history of the Internet and e-commerce. MORE
named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997, realized early on that there were five areas he could focus on: sustainable energy , the Internet, "making life multi-planetary," and perhaps artificial intelligence (AI) and rewriting genetics. MORE
Jakob Nielson’s seminal web usability study from 1997 showed that 79% of web users scan rather than read. A blog without traffic does not generate conversation, without it, there is no business. A blog is a marketing asset for your business. MORE
Since 1997, the number of women-owned businesses has increased by 59 percent, according to an American Express OPEN report , and revenue generated by these companies has climbed 63 percent. which is about the same share they contributed in 1997. MORE
According to Fox Business , women-owned businesses have increased 68% since 1997, running more than 9.1 Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. MORE
I was reminded of the importance of starting with the customer experience while I was watching this brilliant video from WWDC 1997 of Steve Jobs. In the video, Jobs appears to be responding to attack by a troll , but is actually doing something much more interesting. MORE
San Francisco-based Vector Capital, founded in 1997, has invested $1.6 Private Equity Firm Vector Capital announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin-based Sizmek, an advertising technology company, for $3.90 a share, valuing the deal at $122 million. billion in more than 40 technology companies. “We believe this transaction provides Sizmek with […] The post Austin-based Sizmek Aquired for $122 Million appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin MORE
The prior fund that I had co-founded – Mobius Venture Capital – had blown up after having a very successful first fund in 1997. I know many entrepreneurs who feel that VCs have played them, gamed them, deceived them, or bullshitted them. But this doesn’t only happen to entrepreneurs. VCs play this game with VCs all the time. One of our deeply held beliefs at Foundry Group is that there is no value in b *g anyone. MORE
When I started making venture capital investments in 1997, the pace of things, and the amount of work I did, was massive. I spent the day yesterday doing Denver Startup Week stuff. I was on a bunch of panels and during one of the Q&A sessions someone asked something to the effect of: “Now that things are moving faster than ever before, how do you deal with / keep up with them?” MORE
Chan und Huang (1997) make the point that brands can be enhanced if names of certain animals, flowers and lucky numbers are used in Asian cultures and that unlucky colours or symbols can have the opposite effect. MORE
” I remember a moment in time in 1997. The post The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or … appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Yesterday I read Kara Swisher’s post What Does the Recent Tech Stock Downturn Mean? The Truth Is Nobody Knows. It’s great. Go read it – I’ll wait for you. MORE
By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. MORE
PUMPKINS WEEK: To Sheila by Smashing Pumpkins - By 1997, there was no bigger rock band around. Mellon Collie was a massive success following on the previous success of Siamese Dream, so by the time the band got around to recording the follow-up, the expectations were immense. Given the weight of those expectations, the loss of James Chamberlin (kicked out for a drug overdose), and Billy Corgan’s own personal struggles, Adore could have been a trainwreck. MORE
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I came across this old video recently of Jobs doing a keynote at the Apple WWDC in 1997 (yes, I know that was 14 years ago). 16 Brilliant Insights From Steve Jobs Circa 1997. Full Transcript of Steve Jobs Apple WWDC Keynote 1997.
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Fanatic Software, founded in 1997, develops mobile and Mac applications. Fanatic Software, based in Cedar Park, now belongs to Complete XRM. The Salt Lake City-based Complete XRM did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Its flagship product is the Pocket Informant Mac, iOS and Android productivity apps. It has more than four million […] The post Complete XRM Buys Fanatic Software appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin
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