Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2012

By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

According to news reports , the origins of the company’s woes can be traced all the way back to 1997 when Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, a merger that immediately led to a clash of cultures. which he and two partners started in 1987 to design and build offshore oil platforms. At Boeing, engineers were king.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said.

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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. She has consulted to a luxury specialty retailer, department store and independent designer and has worked for consumer retail private equity firm Goode Partners, Gap Inc. and Goldman Sachs.

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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. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

kelkelly : Founder and CEO of Kel & Partners Kel Kelly discusses what it’s like to run an anti-agency agency that works in social media. FuelOnline : Fuel CEO Scott Levy has been working in social media and SEO since 1997. CommunispaceCEO : Communispace CEO Diane Hessan is a lover of all things marketing, baseball, and politics.

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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. My manager, a female partner in the firm pulled me to the side and said, I want you to know that you have options and that. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 1:13:30 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law and Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. I remember this lesson well.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’ve posted about the massive founder crush my partners and I have on Eric Gundersen, the CEO of Mapbox. Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise. We’re long on the team at Mapbox , and it’s obvious to me why Softbank is also enthusiastic.

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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. My Partner John Frankel and I are both speaking. Gail Stone , Executive Director, Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS).

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I went on to create a company, with my partner Dave Jilk, that bore very little resemblance to that business plan. By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. The textbook for the course was Jeffry A. In the 1990s, business plan competitions were all the rage.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. Gradually, from the mid-1990s, the perception of venture capital shifted from its being a type of government funding to being a commercial activity necessary to support the commercialization of new technology.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

When Bloomberg was a partner at the investment bank, Salomon Brothers, he and 62 colleagues were fired because the company was bought out. In 1997, Armstrong was fired from the French racing team Cofidis while he was undergoing cancer treatment. Michael Bloomberg. Lance Armstrong.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. One of the key ways I stay motivated is having a business partner who shares the same passion and goals as me. When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997. 18- Two ways.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

I’m fortunate to have three amazing partners, an awesome team that I get to work with every day, a hugely supportive set of about 20 LPs, and hundreds of entrepreneurs who we love to work with, and whom I think respect us and appreciate us a great deal. In early 2006, my partners at Mobius and I decided not to raise another fund.

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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 Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT. Select Services.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates. Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Two Cornellians are partners there (Howard Morgan, one of the founders of the firm, and Bill Trenchard, who I once represented as his company’s lawyer when he was a Cornell student in like 1997! I just read a fabulous post from First Round Capital. – how time flies by… ). The post is titled State of Startups 2015.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 13, 2015

When Christine started Balance Your Books in 1997, her vision was to create an accounting advisory firm that focused on the growth of entrepreneurs, their business, and their financial health. Corporate Partners. Jared shares with us how Fundera works! SPOILER ALERT! We talk about the Jurassic World movie. Our Guests. SPOILER ALERT!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

It went bankrupt in 1997.). A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. Gradually, from the mid-1990s, the perception of venture capital shifted from its being a type of government funding to being a commercial activity necessary to support the commercialization of new technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. Holy sh*t!!!

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. I am the invited partner in the room who is here to help this company succeed.”.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 11, 2016

It was not until she married again in 1997, with the encouragement of her husband, she started her first business: With big plans in mind but only a small budget, she began Bermuda Bride in late 1999 and her floral company ‘Petals’ in 2001. Corporate Partners. Corporate Partners May 22-25, 3016.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 20, 2010

In 1997/98 I spent months in Barcelona. So I guess it was no big surprise that when the kids flew the coop many parents found themselves alone with partners that they no longer saw as their romantic “better halves&# and got divorced. I think you see where this thing is heading. My parents included.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

” Mr. Slywotzky is an “author of several books on profitability and growth” and currently a partner at the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. The quarter, which saw double digit declines in every major industry sector, marks the lowest venture investment level since 1997.”

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

 We had an engaging and candid conversation, which included fielding questions from audience members including  Laurie Yoler, Managing Director of GrowthPoint Technology Partners.

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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. The Pros and Cons of Fair Trade Coffee. Pros: Keeps grievous violations at bay. Go Your Own Way.

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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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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. “You should really be an operating partner. ” Me, “As long as it’s as a General Partner – I’m in.” I figured it was that or start my third company. No prizes for guessing how my VC chats went. ” or.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device. TiVo had plenty of other battles to fight: competition, issues with channel partners, patent battles, as well as the movie studios, cable companies, broadcast networks and advertisers who all wanted TiVo dead. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

During a panel , “New Funds Seek to Provide More Money for Austin Entrepreneurs”, LiveOak Ventures general partner Krishna Srinivasan discusses the growth of the Austin landscape and said, “One way to make the entire ecosystem thrive and grow is through cooperation, collaboration and syndication.”

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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). Two of my role models for my career were in this company. (And But this story is not about Convergent. Life is good.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 3, 2012

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. What new products or services could you innovate?

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. Whitehill , now a partner at Fox Rothschild ) suggested that we shouldn’t use the typical path to a greencard under the EB-3 (Skilled worker/professional) category. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc. My immigration attorney ( Robert S.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

After co-founding talent hiring platform Hireology, my business partner Michael Krasman and I recognized that when it came to relocating talent, it was a struggle for both employers and their newly hired or transferring employees. In 1997 we were IT consultants. Thanks to Jody Clower, Nestiny. #13 13 – Making Relocation Easier.

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