Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2014
” I remember a moment in time in 1997. I spent three weeks on a road show with our president and CFO building the book. Two days before we were supposed to price, the book was 10x oversubscribed and our $9 – $11 price looked like it could move up meaningfully. It was the first VC fund I’d helped raise.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 2, 2021
Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. I witnessed them close million-dollar deals remotely over phone/email and manage massive books of business with clients they visit in person once, maybe twice, each year. Because for them- it’s business as usual.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
My blogs and books similarly celebrate disruptors and innovators. 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.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2020
I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. My first book The Four Steps to Epiphany was a pale shadow of his work, but it did the job. Today, the pile of books on startup innovation and entrepreneurship likely equals the literature on corporate innovation. I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 8, 2015
In its first two chapters, the book argues that while digital technology have rocked our worlds, the fundamentals of strong brands have not changed. A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. Strong Brands Still Matter.
The Next Web
JULY 1, 2018
Amazon’s unrelenting efficiency, obsession with automation, and brutal pricing strategies have helped it disrupt or dominate industry after industry, which began with books way back in 1997. Over the next year, it’s bringing those tactics to bear on the organization’s latest target: the advertising industry.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. 3 specific issues: 1. How we embrace technology for good.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
140 
Let's personalize your content