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Who’s Your Daddy? 5 Lessons from GoDaddy

Growthink Blog

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., At the time, a company called Network Solutions was essentially the only place from which people could register domain names. That changed in 2001, however, and GoDaddy.com quickly grew.

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7 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Redesign Your Small Business Website

crowdSPRING Blog

It’s important that they adapt to changes in the business environment and shifts in your audience’s demographics or desires. Many small businesses assume that brands start and end with their business name and logo, and overlook all of the other important marketing content that is a part of any substantial branding effort.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007.

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How AI And Big Data Are Changing Century-Old Media Companies

YoungUpstarts

It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it. A newspaper or magazine built to compete in the future knows its users’ names and where they live, what they do online, and, through cookies, some of what they do on other sites.

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

The best advice I can give to fellow entrepreneurs when it comes to staying motivated is to maintain close connections with your users, customers, or audience. During that time of reflection and meditation include listening to others with motivating words of encouragement via podcast, books, scriptures, YouTube, just to name a few.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. We have a major opportunity to revolutionize the car industry, while helping to create a cleaner world.

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Why You Should Use Localisation in a Globalised World

The Startup Magazine

Localisation is essential to the success of marketing campaigns which cannot succeed if they do not reach the target audience. An incorrect translation of a brand name or slogan could have wide reaching ramifications – an embarrassing or offensive translation could seriously endanger brand image.