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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. It was not very long ago that most people were unfamiliar with the Internet.

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When Microsoft Threatened to Sue Us Over the Letter “E”

Steve Blank

By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. With a massive leap of creativity we decided that it should it should have our company name and the letter “E” with a swoop over it. They demanded we change ours. Internet Explorer.

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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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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. Hoque notes the company’s ongoing success with blockbuster medicines and vaccines with household names, such as Zithromax, Lipitor and Viagra. Scholar and innovation expert Clayton Christensen explains it this way.

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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase. Meets the demand of the socially-conscious consumer. Thorough internet search.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Scholar and innovation expert Clayton Christensen explains it this way: A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available. Hoque notes the company’s ongoing success with blockbuster medicines and vaccines with household names, such as Zithromax, Lipitor and Viagra.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

Then they move into demanding a person who demanded excellence of himself and others around him. I mean, there a lot of people that felt absolutely very demanding. No name for a company transforms the idea into one of the world's most admired brands. They even use remarkably the same words. It was just an idea.

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