David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. 3 specific issues: 1. How we embrace technology for good.

America 144

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

The enterprise in company form offers a product, a process or service for sale or hires to professionals or individuals, contributing to a community’s overall economic development. from 1997 to 2014. They contribute to new products and services and develop new markets which grow an economy.

Developer 60

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. But as an entrepreneur that’s how you have to look at your product.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I’ve worked with Paul since he co-founded Raindance Communications in 1997 and was delighted to quickly lead a seed financing for Orbotix. It’s magical to me that the idea Ian and Adam had 17 months ago is now a product with a full fledged software ecosystem around it. I love the stuff I invest in.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production. After graduating, she came back to Texas?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Building a product around the needs of actual users is the best way to develop something that will actually create value, but also to validate demand ahead of pouring more resources into your venture. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

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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. Explorer logo.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2015

A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. Cause marketing or corporate social responsibility only works when the message is linked to tangible product benefits. The best brands liberate rather than constrict creativity.

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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. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying).

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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., This allows the company to offer upsells and products with recurring payment options that are relevant to what customers have already purchased.

Technical Review 104

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Up and coming entrepreneurs would be wise to listen to his advice, which is: “Often new entrepreneurs wait too long to put their product out in the market. With limited resources at hand, its crucial that you get an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) out ASAP and start getting traction. Thinking of starting a business?

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Yet it turns out this form was preventing customers from purchasing products from a major e-commerce site, to the tune of $300,000,000 a year. Another example of misguided site design is ones that prioritize company information over the products or services you sell. They took away the Register button.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. It seems like tax time is fraught with last minute scrambling to gather business records for those who claim business deductions.

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Utah CPA Cofounder Finance 223

Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

We believe in the emotional connection between the consumer and our products. 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. They make our high standard of living possible with their products and services. Photo Credit: Aaron Steed.

Entrepreneur 117

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2018

Designers” in innovation and R&D roles are too focused on user testing and surveys to create product or services. Of course, they want a product or service to be commercially viable, but not at the expense of authenticity or society’s vitality. There is a problem with how this way of design thinking is being applied.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. Why are they called the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards? If people want to enter for the 2020 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards , when does that process begin?

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United Arab Emirates Technical Review Switzerland Hawaii 48

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

From the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, Apple was a niche company with many product failures and a poorly defined vision. The transformation that turned Apple from a niche player into an industry giant started when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997. Others present products as stories. Some leverage an effective tagline.

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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. communicating and working together in a sensible way means you can build your products 24/7. Companies keep buying startups with cool products, good ideas and talent.

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Europe India Hiring Engineer 139

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

DEMAT Account came into existence in India in the year of 1997, before which stocks and shares were issued as well as traded in physical paper form. This can get quite confusing for the traders to properly arrange various financial products like mutual funds and bonds. Holds Multiple Securities at Once.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 23, 2017

Fanatic Software, founded in 1997, develops mobile and Mac applications. Its flagship product is the Pocket Informant Mac, iOS and Android productivity apps. The Salt Lake City-based Complete XRM did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Knowing Eric and the team, this idealistic passion will not only scale as a company grows, it will set the trajectory for building a product and a company that changes how we experience the world. Back in 1997, Softbank Technology Ventures (which became Mobius Venture Capital) was the first VC fund I helped raise.

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Afghanistan Bootstrapping Venture Capital Channel 82

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

If they put a guarantee on their dishwashers and showed an idle Maytag repairman on TV (if you don’t recall, he was idle because the Maytag products never needed to be repaired), people would buy more. Industry Week’s Feb 11th, 2006 article reported Maytag’s “quality nightmare” with it’s Neptune washing machine back in 1997.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. Rather than write long exhaustive documents, entrepreneurs can rapidly prototype their product and get immediate user and market feedback. In the 1990s, business plan competitions were all the rage. Related articles.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But, I found that I was far more productive at work, even though I was dealing with all of the issues that come with pregnancy. What motivates me the most is productivity. I follow a strict daily regimen that optimizes not only productivity but also wellness. In this way, I mentally get 2 days of productivity in 1 day.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

Getting fired from the very company he founded in 1985 before returning to it in 1997 to save it from financial ruin. But the now ubiquitous Apple products came out of that period of technological and marketing missteps. Perhaps this attitude could be expanded to include the factory workers in China who make Apple products?

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Henry told me that I should start a fund--me, a 27 year old former VC analyst turned product manager with no MBA at a startup that wasn''t really headed in any particular direction. I got an internship on the buy side at the GM pension fund in high school--in 1997. My dad brought home an IBM PS/2 in 1987.

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Venture Capital Stock Naming Technology 110

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Here are 10 famous people who flourished after being laid off: 1.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Even in 1997, during the dot-com boom, Bezos’s anti-pitch was stark and to the point: “You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.”. It’s counterintuitive, but Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos takes a totally different approach to hiring: he gives prospects a hiring anti-pitch.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Clayton Christensen’s book The Innovators Dilemma , originally published in 1997, changed my understanding of innovation, the evolution of value chains and gave me a theory of disruption that has served me very well over the years.

Open Source 60

Open Source Portfolio Naming Technology 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 28, 2022

They began this practice fairly recently, in 1997. Prioritizing the production of domestic energy. This reduced tariffs and promoted trade competition when exporting goods between the US, Mexico, and Canada. It made strides in patent law and protecting intellectual property. US chamber of commerce lobbying has also made a difference.

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Intellectual Property United States America Washington 59

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

By 1997, the company’s penny stocks were valued at $4.4 You should avoid any type of offer that promises you success via a once in a lifetime invention or product. Walsh falsely claimed that Bre-X found a gold mine in Burma. This mining scam is one of the most famous mining scams. Guru Scams. People often fall for guru scams.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Since 1997, women-owned businesses rose by 68 percent. Give them the best exchange possible for their money; define expectations so that they understand the end product you are delivering and for which they are paying. That’s up from 602 in 2011-12. And ensure everyone has the knowledge and tools they need to be successful.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Teenage spend is down overall – one survey says down 31% from 1997-2014. Where I live in north London the adult population is strongly favouring companies with quality products sourced sustainably – i.e. brands that are authentic to them – and I see this trend more widely.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. Since I had good connections with the University, we got a lot of feedback on how the product could be improved to meet their needs. We listened to their feedback and started adding features to the product accordingly. The product worked. Not so fast.

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Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. Like GroupOn, with a product that everyone agreed was brilliant, spawning 1,000 copy-cats. GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product). Support.com — On 2.5m

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