article thumbnail

The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

DuncanWierman : Duncan Wierman, software CEO, shares his insight into creative online marketing. yodera : CEO of Webtrends Alex Yoder talks strategic vision in digital marketing on Twitter as @yodera. TomHCAnderson : CEO of Anderson Analytics Tom HC Anderson discusses next gen market research and text analytics.

Cofounder 239
article thumbnail

30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

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. I officially parted ways with the Globetrotters in August and Eric PR & Marketing is my path forward. Thanks to Eric Nemeth, Eric PR & Marketing ! #6-

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Inside Amazon’s plan to dominate advertising business in 2019

The Next Web

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.

article thumbnail

4 key traits retailers need to adopt to thrive in 2018

The Next Web

Though Kohn and Sting got the party started, the age of ecommerce didn’t truly begin in earnest until 1997. On August 11, 1994, the first ever ecommerce transaction occurred when a 21-year-old in New Hampshire named Dan Kohn sold a copy of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales to a friend in Philadelphia who paid $12.48 by credit card.

article thumbnail

The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. OneBox.com — On $60m invested, sold for $850m 18 months after launch to J2 just before market crash — score! Support.com — On 2.5m invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2.

IPO 240
article thumbnail

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by SEMrush. All the important SEO tools that you need for paid traffic, social media, PR, and of course SEO. Back to Podcast.

Revenue 58
article thumbnail

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India

ReadWriteStart

My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. Clearly, the solution offers some concrete value, and conceivably, OMS can look at the global market later on in their evolution. Univect Education Solutions.

India 117