aweissman.com

OCTOBER 19, 2021

When that Golden Gloves fight ended, we drove back in this kids parents’ car - a decommissioned yellow checker cab repainted grey, fold up back seats intact * * * I wrote a business plan back in 1998 for a direct-to-consumer digital book service. Pre-Kindle, pre-iPad.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2014

ESPN’s strategy demonstrates the importance of being able to adjust your business plan in real-time as you receive positive (or negative) feedback from your target market. But there, sandwiched between dynasties and legacies, the Detroit Pistons had built a championship team on the back of Isaiah Thomas.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

When we consider that the S&P closed 1998 – 13 long years ago - at 1229, or within 2.2% Think about it, a 1998 New Years baby is now a teenager. And is there anything in business right now that more desperately needs a reset than how we think about making money on our money?

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? In Bezos' words, "There was no business plan. Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Or foresight?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. The New Exits.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2018

Why did you start your business? The impetus for my business came in 1998 after I rescued my dog Chewy from an animal shelter and he developed severe health problems. I spent six months learning about the benefits of less-processed food for animals and working on a business plan. Tell us your story.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

With an out-of-this-world business plan. But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. When it was spun out as a a separate company, Iridium’s 1990 business plan had assumptions about potential customers, their problems and the product needed to solve that problem.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

BTW, “The Brown University Entrepreneurship Program (EP) was founded in January 1998 by David Cohen and Evan Geller. Its surprising and not surprising that Brown has been at this for 15 years and its not unexpected that they recently hosted an event providing prizes for bad ideas.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

For example, one of the common tools for teaching entrepreneurship at the business school level is the business plan competition. The problem is that these competitions seldom produce massively successful businesses.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

For example, one of the common tools for teaching entrepreneurship at the business school level is the business plan competition. The problem is that these competitions seldom produce massively successful businesses.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

I am a “business person” – I’ve been in the Internet space since 1998 when I co-founded GoTo.com/Overture, and I have deep product and marketing expertise and a track record of building successful consumer companies and brands. Friday, August 20, 2010 Stephanie says: I can testify to this!

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. But many will want a copy of your business plan, if only toremind themselves what they invested in. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. Well, it doesnt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Fortunately, many startup myths revolve around three common topics (business plans, money, and unnatural hustle). Many aspiring and even experienced entrepreneurs blindly believe those myths to be true and either take too long to start their business or never feel confident enough to get going.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Make no mistake: No matter what industry you’re in, a business plan is essential. What kind of travel business do you plan on starting? If this is the type of travel business you’d like to start, the business planning process should be fairly straightforward. What kind of plan will you need?

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Since being founded in 1998 LendingTree has facilitated more than 32 million loan requests. Matt Stewart , Senior Marketing Manager, LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE ). LendingTree is an online lending exchange that connects consumers with multiple lenders, banks, and credit partners. Mr. Ned Tobey , VP Product Management, Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO ).

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  The premium for federal employees over private sector employees has increased since 1998 in wages from 36 percent to 58 percent and in total compensation from 70 percent to 100 percent. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. We should all be concerned about where this is all going.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

The way to get really big returns is to do things that seem crazy, like starting a new search engine in 1998, or turning down a billion dollar acquisition offer. Riskier Strategies are Possible Risk is always proportionate to reward. This has traditionally been a problem in venture funding.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

The 2000 collapse followed a period of manic investing when entrepreneurs with off-the-wall ideas and ridiculous or nonexistent business plans sought and received funding from ill-informed investors blinded by the magical aura of the Internet or just simple greed.

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