Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. My goal in 2018 is to read 52 books. Here is a list of all the books I’ve read so far this year. Each book is ranked on a 5-star scale (5 is best). * Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family. MORE
I first met Larry Ellison, briefly, in 1997. I have watched him infuriate competitors, drive analysts to drink, generate more quips than all boring tech execs put together. Over those 15 years I have also learned to look beyond his. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP) Industry Commentary 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
It was 1997. Gartner used to publish an annual poster which rated systems integrators/outsourcers by industries, by geographies, by technologies, and other competencies. It was a large wall hanger with many rows and columns, and many analysts, including me, had. Industry Commentary Vertical Markets (Banking, Retail etc MORE
Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise. The physical world will be the reference coordinates for the fleets of robot cars of our imagination. We’re living through the transformation from digital to virtual, and Softbank leading today’s investment of $164 million in Mapbox accelerates this even faster. I’ve posted about the massive founder crush my partners and I have on Eric Gundersen, the CEO of Mapbox. 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
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
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This conference is an evolution of the Alternative Investment Roundup that the executives at SSBC designed, developed and ran each February in Arizona from 1997 through 2008. 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
Today, 1997 is the leader. Finally, 2014 is has the fourth highest GDD accumulation, trailing only 2013, 1997, and 1996. These include this year, the year with the most accumulated GDD (1997), the year with the least accumulated GDD (1998), and the 21-year average. MORE
Since its founding by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997, Google has grown from a simple search engine to the huge Internet giant it is today. 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
The FTC had stopped a previous merger attempt between the two companies in 1997. Amazon's entrance into the office supplies world will have an undeniable impact to the industry as a whole. While I understand the antitrust action as a legal theory in this case, as far as blocking a deal for fear of antitrust and or monopoly is ridiculous. Amazon has a history of selling $1.00 for $0.99 - NOW they sell $1.00 for $0.95 - next is $1.00 for $0.75. MORE
RALEIGH — North Carolina is still new to veto politics, becoming the last state in the country to give its chief executive the formal power to block laws in 1997. The first veto occurred in 2002, and MORE
This week we again present Steve Jobs, arguably the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived, from the 1997 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” MORE
modem in 1997. There is a big difference between being right about something and being right about when something will happen. Sadly, to profit from being right you either have to get the timing right or you have to hang in there until the timing is right. The latter can be incredibly painful and most investors don’t have the stomach for it. This is particularly true of short positions. It is not enough to know that something is going to blow up. You have to know how, why, and when. MORE
AP) — The Hornets have announced they're bringing back the uniform design worn by the original Charlotte Hornets from their inception in 1988 through 1997 for three games this season CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) 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
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
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
I got involved as a judge in 1993 and was active through 1997 with occasional visits to the finals in subsequent years when I was around Boston. In the fall of 2007, my friend Phil Weiser, Executive Director of CU Boulder’s Silicon Flatirons Center, convened 25 leaders from CU Boulder and the Boulder / Denver startup community. We spent an afternoon talking about the idea of an entrepreneurial university. Phil called the meeting a Roundtable, even though the table was long and rectangular. MORE
Kentucky Fried Chicken first came to Vietnam in 1997 through the vision of Singapore entrepreneur and franchisee Tony Chew. ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : Tony Chew: KFC Vietnam. One of the more active regions for international franchising is Southeast Asia. MORE
first moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to go to business school at UCLA. I returned late last night from a trip to Los Angeles. To give a little background.I Two years later I started Growthink, whose headquarters remain in Los Angeles. 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
Though Kohn and Sting got the party started, the age of ecommerce didn’t truly begin in earnest until 1997. An eleven-time Grammy winner, Sting revived the soul of rock and roll by infusing reggae just when the genre was growing stale. MORE
Two Cornellians are partners there (Howard Morgan, one of the founders of the firm, and Bill Trenchard, who I once represented as his company’s lawyer when he was a Cornell student in like 1997! I just read a fabulous post from First Round Capital. – how time flies by… ). The post is titled State of Startups 2015. Not only does it have some great insights, but it is really fun to read and view. The graphics are easy on the eye and the data analysis is clever. 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
It has been above 30 in only two other periods: in 1929, when it reached 33, and between 1997 and 2002, when it soared as high as 44. The C.A.P.E. ratio is above 30 today, compared with an average of 16.8 since 1881. MORE
16 Days by Ryan Adams - A song originally written for his band Whiskeytown back in 1997, Ryan Adams reprises the tune on the Letterman Show a few years back. 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
operate in China since 1997. Seasoned valley venture capitalist Dick Kramlich, who spent a year and. in the past 15 years in the United States one way or another and I don't. China could be less interesting to valley venture capitalists if the country becomes more of a MORE
The Austin Marathon organization broke ties earlier this year with Livestrong, the cancer charity founded by Cyclists Lance Armstrong in 1997. Freescale Semiconductor announced it will be sponsoring the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon, replacing Livestrong. Armstrong resigned from the board last year amid allegations of a doping scandal involving his Tour de France titles. [.] 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 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.
OnStartups
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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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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.
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AP) — The Hornets have announced they're bringing back the uniform design worn by the original Charlotte Hornets from their inception in 1988 through 1997 for three games this season CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)
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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
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modem in 1997. There is a big difference between being right about something and being right about when something will happen. Sadly, to profit from being right you either have to get the timing right or you have to hang in there until the timing is right. The latter can be incredibly painful and most investors don’t have the stomach for it. This is particularly true of short positions. It is not enough to know that something is going to blow up. You have to know how, why, and when.
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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
Inc Startups
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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
deal architect
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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
The Next Web
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Though Kohn and Sting got the party started, the age of ecommerce didn’t truly begin in earnest until 1997. An eleven-time Grammy winner, Sting revived the soul of rock and roll by infusing reggae just when the genre was growing stale.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 3, 2016
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
Inc Startups
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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
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Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise. The physical world will be the reference coordinates for the fleets of robot cars of our imagination. We’re living through the transformation from digital to virtual, and Softbank leading today’s investment of $164 million in Mapbox accelerates this even faster. I’ve posted about the massive founder crush my partners and I have on Eric Gundersen, the CEO of Mapbox.
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It has been above 30 in only two other periods: in 1929, when it reached 33, and between 1997 and 2002, when it soared as high as 44. The C.A.P.E. ratio is above 30 today, compared with an average of 16.8 since 1881.
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I first met Larry Ellison, briefly, in 1997. I have watched him infuriate competitors, drive analysts to drink, generate more quips than all boring tech execs put together. Over those 15 years I have also learned to look beyond his. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP) Industry Commentary
SiliconHills
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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.
deal architect
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It was 1997. Gartner used to publish an annual poster which rated systems integrators/outsourcers by industries, by geographies, by technologies, and other competencies. It was a large wall hanger with many rows and columns, and many analysts, including me, had. Industry Commentary Vertical Markets (Banking, Retail etc
deal architect
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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
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I got involved as a judge in 1993 and was active through 1997 with occasional visits to the finals in subsequent years when I was around Boston. In the fall of 2007, my friend Phil Weiser, Executive Director of CU Boulder’s Silicon Flatirons Center, convened 25 leaders from CU Boulder and the Boulder / Denver startup community. We spent an afternoon talking about the idea of an entrepreneurial university. Phil called the meeting a Roundtable, even though the table was long and rectangular.
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first moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to go to business school at UCLA. I returned late last night from a trip to Los Angeles. To give a little background.I Two years later I started Growthink, whose headquarters remain in Los Angeles.
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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.
Inc Startups
MARCH 7, 2014
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.
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The Austin Marathon organization broke ties earlier this year with Livestrong, the cancer charity founded by Cyclists Lance Armstrong in 1997. Freescale Semiconductor announced it will be sponsoring the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon, replacing Livestrong. Armstrong resigned from the board last year amid allegations of a doping scandal involving his Tour de France titles. [.]
EIN News
OCTOBER 19, 2011
operate in China since 1997. Seasoned valley venture capitalist Dick Kramlich, who spent a year and. in the past 15 years in the United States one way or another and I don't. China could be less interesting to valley venture capitalists if the country becomes more of a
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
This week we again present Steve Jobs, arguably the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived, from the 1997 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”
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DECEMBER 3, 2015
Two Cornellians are partners there (Howard Morgan, one of the founders of the firm, and Bill Trenchard, who I once represented as his company’s lawyer when he was a Cornell student in like 1997! I just read a fabulous post from First Round Capital. – how time flies by… ). The post is titled State of Startups 2015. Not only does it have some great insights, but it is really fun to read and view. The graphics are easy on the eye and the data analysis is clever.
Mark Birch
AUGUST 27, 2014
16 Days by Ryan Adams - A song originally written for his band Whiskeytown back in 1997, Ryan Adams reprises the tune on the Letterman Show a few years back.
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JUNE 22, 2014
Today, 1997 is the leader. Finally, 2014 is has the fourth highest GDD accumulation, trailing only 2013, 1997, and 1996. These include this year, the year with the most accumulated GDD (1997), the year with the least accumulated GDD (1998), and the 21-year average.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
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.
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APRIL 12, 2012
Since its founding by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997, Google has grown from a simple search engine to the huge Internet giant it is today.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 16, 2013
This conference is an evolution of the Alternative Investment Roundup that the executives at SSBC designed, developed and ran each February in Arizona from 1997 through 2008.
Jeff Hilimire
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. My goal in 2018 is to read 52 books. Here is a list of all the books I’ve read so far this year. Each book is ranked on a 5-star scale (5 is best). * Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family.
Steve Blank
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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.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
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Kentucky Fried Chicken first came to Vietnam in 1997 through the vision of Singapore entrepreneur and franchisee Tony Chew. ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : Tony Chew: KFC Vietnam. One of the more active regions for international franchising is Southeast Asia.
Chaganomics
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The FTC had stopped a previous merger attempt between the two companies in 1997. Amazon's entrance into the office supplies world will have an undeniable impact to the industry as a whole. While I understand the antitrust action as a legal theory in this case, as far as blocking a deal for fear of antitrust and or monopoly is ridiculous. Amazon has a history of selling $1.00 for $0.99 - NOW they sell $1.00 for $0.95 - next is $1.00 for $0.75.
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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.
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MAY 15, 2014
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.
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