Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
You need to be visible in marketing efforts, viral videos, and interactions with key customer segments. Online it may be time to take a formal position via blogs and interviews.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.
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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.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 8, 2024
Now, a lot of businesses only see Gen Z as teenagers, but this generation started in 1997, so essentially, the older ones are in their late 20s, slowly creeping to their 30s. Is there a certain age range? Well, if you’re not targeting Gen Z, then it might be time to move forward and do this!
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. There are 20x more consumers online.
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 19, 2021
For example, in 1997, I had not realized that you need to invent and reinvent your go to market strategy together with your product idea. My initial theory was that my value came from being a consumer internet expert with special expertise in virality, since I was one who invented some key viral marketing practices.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MAY 6, 2011
It’s this article by Tom Peters I read way back in 1997 that shifted a paradigm in my business thinking, and got me working on a strategy to brand myself. So, you think it’s egoistic to consider an individual a ‘brand’? Here’s an eye-opener for you. That’s the risk – and the opportunity.
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