Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

Being designated as a Torch Program startup gave banks comfort to provide loans to these ventures for technology commercialization. It went bankrupt in 1997.). A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. Like the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. “You should really be an operating partner. ” Me, “As long as it’s as a General Partner – I’m in.”

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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. Many coffee shops are designed for relaxation, and collaboration. The Pros and Cons of Fair Trade Coffee.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

And agents were struggling to connect with clients at the right time when they really needed help rather than prematurely because of the way these first websites were designed. So this lack of education, bad data and poorly organized design was causing so much wasted time and money as well as unnecessary stress.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. The ability to make a phone call untethered from a traditional phone was revolutionary and was starting to catch on fast.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. Check it out at semrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing , and we’ll have that in the show notes. And you say, well why would a business design an interface that would only let me look at the last six months? Transcript.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 3, 2012

They know the rules better-after all, they designed them! Examples are Charles Schwab allowing people to trade stocks online by themselves in 1997, and Craigslist making life difficult for print classifieds salespeople. Often this is done through alliances with strategic partners and other opportunities for synergy.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

I then partnered with other PR firms in the US to assist and grow their client base and in turn, grew mine as well. As a training program designer and facilitator, I would create highly engaging and very saleable programs for the three companies I worked for over those years. Some of them would even draw and “design” little outfits.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2015

If you’ve looked at enough SaaS websites, you’ve probably noticed a bit of a theme: home pages designed to act as landing pages. At least, that’s what they’re designed to do – making them a desirable option for any business that wants it’s visitors to take one action on the page. They have minimal top navigation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

7:33] Why was design such a crucial element of this book? [10:16] 10:16] Do you think great design helps you deliver a great message in a lot fewer words? [12:41] Uh, you, you did, you did not unfortunately get a copy of the book, but it's an undersized book, and the book is it's design. I started focusing on design years ago.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. StyleMusée is a social shopping platform that connects style-conscious consumers with designers that match their personal style. Click here to buy tickets. Corporate University Xchange.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 24, 2006

John Meriwether from Liar’s Poker fame assembled a stellar group from Wall Street and academia including Myron Scholes (one of the creators of the Black-Scholes option pricing model) and Robert Merton who together shared the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997. What also set LTC apart was its culture.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

And one would become my mentor and partner in later companies.) The other thing it helps clarify is that even at work, it’s the relationships that matter most (collegues, customers, partners, etc). My daughter, now 14, has her own company, doing web design and PHP and CSS and who knows what else. Balance is important.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. I couldn’t sew or draw so becoming a fashion designer was out.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2010

When a company clearly articulates its story, the context for everyone—employees, partners, customers, investors, and the press—becomes clear: When a company fails to tell its story, you hear phrases like: “These reporters don’t get it.”. Read Jeff Bezos’ 3-page letter he wrote to shareholders in 1997.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Where O is total output, X is the given output during a benchmark number of hours, designated by Y , and t is the actual number of hours worked. To express that view as a simple equation, we can write: O = X/Y * t. In this hypothetical situation, increasing time t is the simplest way to increase output O. Post to Twitter. Community Chapters.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

We should have a really nice crowd of entrepreneurs, designers, and funders there and expect a great discussion. Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. An external resource will provide clear business requirements to the UX designers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. So it is unsurprising to see companies like Sony, Logitech & Intel partner with Google. they’ll continue to look for independent technology partners.

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