Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

However, one area where he fell short was in ignoring the search engine market. While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. Originally only available in Virgin cinemas and on their planes, the market shares for the drink peaked at only 0.5%

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. The company's market capitalizaiton is $3.2 Athenahealth's Culture.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

These Go-Getters have been instrumental catalysts in educating fellow small business owners in the innovative Get Different marketing system. Michael Buzinski, President & CMO of Buzzworthy Website Marketing , is a lifelong entrepreneur, digital marketing thought leader, best-selling author, and US Air Force Veteran.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of a little company called Apple Inc., However, Jobs became less of a jerk after three children by his second wife came into his life between the years of 1991 and 1998. who passed away from cancer in October 2011, was a jerk. Don’t let money ruin your life.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

But with competition so intense, founders are finding it extremely difficult to attract those vital ingredients. Naval Ravikant is the founder of AngelList , which connects new startups with funding and talent. ’ After that comes cofounders, which. Social-media marketing. Cofounders. is really interesting.”

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was one such angel. Also high on angels' wish lists: • Are you coachable or intractable?

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

I did my first angel investment in 1998, so 16 years and 60+ investments. I had 9,000 angel list followers many of who had tried to co-invest with me previously. The Andreessen and Founders Fund investment in AltSchool is public. Co-investors have occasionally been a little offput. buying common from founders.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 13, 2014

They took this opportunity to acquire a startup that had cracked the market and been successful selling appliances into the home. Which leads me to the next point: - Talent/Human Capital Matter : Nest’s founders previously worked at Apple; one of them is credited with being the iPod’s co-creator.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

Because of the extreme unknowns inherent in startup situations, we are all blind – to the realities of what customers what, market dynamics, and competitive threats. I suddenly lose my ability to judge if our marketing programs are being effective. It was pretty ugly, the marketing and design sucked, and I was embarrassed by it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

One, which is described in great detail in the Mythical Man-Month (in finding that link, I discovered that today is coincidentally the exact 11th anniversary of my first purchasing that book: Jan 19, 1998), is that as you add people to a team or project, there is an increase in communications overhead that makes everyone slightly less productive.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As I embark on founding a new company , I have become very aware that technically I haven’t done this since 1998 when I started Spunlogic with Raj. And while I certainly helped lead Engauge and felt like I was able to help steer the ship, I wasn’t a founder of Engauge (though I was part of the founding acquisitions).

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life And Career written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Novak. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Novak. More About The Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Learn more here.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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Professor VC

MAY 7, 2013

My Original Mobile Email Device My love affair with RIM started with my first blackberry I purchased in 1998 - the fat pager pictured above. With a dwindling market base, nobody is going to develp on the platform, which is a death knell for anyone in the smartphone business. That was the final straw!

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. THE CASE FOR PURSUING AN MBA.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. THE CASE FOR PURSUING AN MBA.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Marketing for Geeks. In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. The decision was primarily being driven by myself and one of my co-workers named Mary. If you are the founder or "chief geek" in your small ISV, take a careful, honest, and objective look at yourself. About Eric.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Carmine Gallo. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carmine Gallo. Take The Marketing Assessment: Like this show? Connect with Carmine on LinkedIn.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

First, just to provide a foundation here, Bazaarvoice was named after Chapter 4 of “The Cluetrain Manifesto” (available for free online), “ Markets Are Conversations ”. I still think it is the best chapter of any book on marketing that I’ve ever read. Do yourself a favor and read “Markets Are Conversations” if you never have?—?it

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 3, 2004

Sure, the market may not be great right now but in my opinion it is the best time to build a business. As an entrepreneur you have time to develop your product, refine and test it, and get it ready for when the market turns. When I first met Andrew in late 1998, he had just finished his Stanford Ph.d The post NYC 2.0

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

I had the pleasure of teaching a new case at HBS yesterday on foursquare that I co-authored with Professors Tom Eisenmann and Mikolaj Piskorski as part of Tom's new course "Launching Technology Ventures". Hunch-driven : they had deep domain knowledge and didn't need outside studies or market research to guide their prioritization.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

Amid the hoopla a few weeks ago at the annual NVCA meeting, where the focus was rightly on improving liquidity, it was barely noticed that a new chairman was elected – Polaris co-founder and managing general partner Terry McGuire, one of the leading life sciences investors in the industry.  4)      Boston.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

5) Market Downturn. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. Thanks to David Wachs, Handwrytten ! #5)

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. His ability to lead large teams of engineers had made him one of the most influential executives at Microsoft and the world.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Webinar Description: Entrepreneurial and Investment Opportunities in Fintech You’re invited to listen to a webinar, hosted by Growthink co-Founder and Managing Partner Jay Turo, where a select group of Fintech entrepreneurs and investors will share how they and their companies are winning in this incredibly dynamic space.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) They entered, but didn’t win, the MIT $50K competition in 1998. From nothing to IPO in less than 18 months, a market cap of > $20 billion, followed by a 99% decline in the stock price post-bubble.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Entrepreneurs fall into the trap of spending months crafting plans that may not actually fit the market by the time they begin building their company. It was only in 1998 when Andy Bechtolsheim invested $100,000 in Google, Inc. Small Business and Startup Tips: 5 Marketing Mistakes to Avoid. image credit: Paul Cross.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

In the last batch of startups we funded, we had several founders who said theyd thought of applying before, but werent sure and got jobs instead. In essense, let the market design the product. This is a problem for founders, because it makes raising money take longer and cost more in legal fees.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 29, 2010

You can imagine people sitting in their car listening to Jason and his co-host Sterling interview experts. I happened to rank 4th in this particular launch and I was marketing to about 90,000 people , so you can see why Jason is proud of his results. Some of the other marketers have lists in excess of 100,000 subscribers.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It started in college when I started my own music marketing and production company. My founders and I started the company about three years ago. I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. Tell us a little bit about your entrepreneurial experience. Jared Hecht: Wonderful.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. He also co-founded Taxi Magic and formerly held a product manager position at Google. I was the co-founder of a company that would eventually lead to an industry cliché. This wasn’t an X of Y.

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