YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

She helms Eventbox, an online platform for events based in Iran. The venture now hosts regular TEDx events in Iran. They opened a local salon in 1997 and did everything themselves. Like Musk, Sara Mohammadi is a doer. Where other’s see obstacles, she sees opportunities.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., Buying up expensive advertising space during events like The Super Bowl, GoDaddy made a name for itself with racy and often controversial marketing efforts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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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. Each year the Arizona event attracted more than 130 Institutional Investors representing over $2 Trillion in investable assets.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 28, 2022

They began this practice fairly recently, in 1997. Many historically significant events have taken place on the property, even before it became the home of the Chamber of Commerce. This reduced tariffs and promoted trade competition when exporting goods between the US, Mexico, and Canada.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Todays Small Business News | Daily. Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Email address: Home. Tools & Research. Newsletters.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 24, 2017

Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad. Go to these events if they are available in your town or start hosting events with your friends. I encourage you to do the same.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997. Thanks to Amine Rahal, IronMonk Solutions ! #26- 26- I remember one instance. Photo Credit: Terry Doc Dockery. I realized that he had different values and priorities in life than I did.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc. Yavonditte served as vice president of sales for USA Networks Electronic Commerce Solutions Group in New York. Prior to that he was Managing Director of the strategic alliances group at AltaVista. as a director in their business development group.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. The events of that night spurred two things. Thanks to Dr. Dan Danyo, North Atlanta Hair Restoration ! #4- 4- Started as a part-time work. Photo Credit: Aaron Steed.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up. The total return for all issues combined is -1.97%, according to IPOScoop.com.” ” (ix) The U.S.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You can stand up at VC events and say, ‘Color,’ and people literally laugh without anything else being said.” Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. (The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.) ” Not long ago it was the opposite.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 20, 2010

In 1997/98 I spent months in Barcelona. Whenever I come home from a day of 8 meetings plus an evening speaking event I always instantly feel serene and I always thank her for that. I think you see where this thing is heading. In 1996 I worked (then later lived for 8 years) in London and passed daily through Trafalgar Square.

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Gust

OCTOBER 7, 2011

And in 1997, that was pretty cool. After a night of drinking (the event was held in Las Vegas, after all), we realized that we did have some pretty powerful software for manipulating complex images, and that we could continue to focus on that without the expense of hardware development. How did we get the word out?

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking more closely at the pacing of the funds Austin Ventures raised in the table below, it also got caught up in the Dot Com frenzy, raising new, much larger funds almost every year from 1997–2001. What does it take to achieve growth in available capital in Austin? Those help build local capital availability.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

The crowds did indeed gather and the media as well as the folks from the Guinness Book of World Records were all set to document the entire event. Not surprisingly, Snapple declined to make a second attempt to break the official record, which had been set in Holland in 1997 by a 21-foot ice pop. Who would have thought? PR Destroyed It.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

It was all about the houses or events downstream in the process. In 1997 we were IT consultants. So this lack of education, bad data and poorly organized design was causing so much wasted time and money as well as unnecessary stress. No real estate website was focused on the people first. Thanks to Jeff Ellman, UrbanBound. #14

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. If I spoke at events about the dangers of raising too much money or setting your price to high it was no longer as the entrepreneur who had made both mistakes it was as the self-interested, only-saying-it-because-I’m-a-VC guy. Not kidding.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Even on a weekday (weekends at IKEA are notoriously crowded), going through the giant stores can be an all-day event, and there are on-site restaurants to help hungry shoppers keep up their energy. Build-A-Bear stores starting springing up in 1997 and have grown in popularity, with locations around the world today. Build-A-Bear.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 2, 2018

It was released in 1997 and I’ve been listening to it ever since. We play it as the intro and exit music for all of our company-wide meetings, events (like potlucks and birthday celebrations) and just as a pick-me-up when needed. 1- Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down by Puff Daddy. Photo Credit: James Pollard.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 15, 2011

In 1997, I got married. Start from early childhood and follow the events of your life sequentially. Add everything to it that you remember as significant life events. Late to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes an Entrepreneur, Happy, Cheerful & Nice! What gets you so excited you can’t wait to begin working on it today?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. Startups weren’t meant to be easy. Back to work. If anything it’s the tame version. Most of them in the past 12 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! There are 20x more consumers online.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Anyway, I happened to be in San Francisco for a portfolio company board meeting and some other events. In a scary way, it felt like it was 1997 all over again, and we were at a networking event in New York talking about their first startups. I never made it to the Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. Startups weren’t meant to be easy. Back to work. If anything it’s the tame version. Most of them in the past 12 months.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Clearly, the live events industry was devastated by the pandemic. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU. After being furloughed by the Harlem Globetrotters due to COVID-19, I founded Eric PR & Marketing, LLC as a way to help nonprofits and small businesses during difficult times.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

Although this event is only for our members, I thought some of our readers might be interested in the great group of companies that are presenting. " Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. Click here to buy tickets.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

If I did go to social events, all I would talk about was my new company. Or if you have kids, it will get asked when you’ve missed another one of their plays, soccer games or school events because you were too busy finishing that project or on yet another business trip. Convergent was a 6-day a week 12-hour day company.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Assembly-line managers figured out long ago that when this level of fatigue is reached, the stage is set for spectacular failure-events leading to large and costly losses – an expensive machine is damaged, inventory is destroyed, or a worker is seriously injured. Post to Twitter. Community Chapters. Volunteer Bank - Join. Foundation.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whether seasonal events last for a day, week, or month, they mark a special time and call our attention to important issues. With every passing month, your mission-driven organization has opportunities to show how a particular event connects to your mission. Why celebrate seasonal events? Showcase community pride.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Usually only an “ exogenous event ” that causes a shift in the amount of supply or demand. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. 17) Devastating Event. We really started our company because of our shared love for adventure and the outdoors. Thanks to Zorik Gordon, SERVIZ ! #17) In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Here is my list for 2010 -I hope to run into you there; I’ll be the really tired looking guy moving fast from event to event. 10:00 PM: The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights Paramount - I know it’s a film even and not an Interactive event, but come on! A must attend event! Friday, March 12th.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) has put forward a comprehensive list of policies that need to be followed to make an event larger impact here. It’s new businesses. This is a good start.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. While giving away $5 or perhaps a “chance” at $5K in a sweepstakes is somewhat interesting, what if I told you about a marketing program where each and every customer would get THOUSANDS of dollars, or TENS OF THOUSANDS, or HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, or maybe even MILLIONS of dollars, all in a single one day event?

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