YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

To do so, it is suggested that companies can form a council comprising the leading executive and between 5 to 12 key members of the management. He mentioned that Gillette started faltering in 1998 when its leadership became distracted by non-core projects in the book. b) Good-to-great companies adopt the Hedgehog Concept (i.e.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

The traditional economy – a real economy with many large firms providing real goods and services, but their hierarchical management and focus on shareholder value are preventing them from responding well to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. Both were discontinued years ago.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

My company uses an open-book management approach that fits well with the transparency younger workers desire. To be an effective leader as your business grows, you need to consistently work on time management. They have been able to get answers anytime they want them. Take their time back. Stop doing some tasks.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. If you don’t manage what is said about you in social networks it could be detrimental. So tools in the areas of social CRM, social customer support & real-time data management will emerge. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 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? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Invest in People. Alta Vista. Webcrawler. Looking for Opportunities Now?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. In 1998 Goto.com , a small startup (later Overture, now part of Yahoo ! ), created the pay per click search engine and advertising system and demo’d it at the TED conference. The only problem is that it’s simply not true.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Gabriella is co-founder and managing partner of Tech Wildcatters, a Dallas-based seed accelerator. She co-founded an aircraft scheduling software company in 1998 that ended in a profitable exit. Gabriella went on to work for Morgan Stanley in private wealth management. Joey Pomerenke, Startup Weekend.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2020

For example, you could get your gap analysis done as well as data-breach monitoring and third-party management tools. Risk management – Next up you need to decide whether you have adequate risk management practises. Finally, there’s the software solution which often includes more than one feature.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2019

I’ve often made the mistake of hanging onto responsibilities far longer than necessary; everything from accounting, to email management, to sales management. I suggest asking yourself what duties you can pass on to others because those activities are not a productive use of time and energy for you or for the company.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Keep in mind that if you are using a third party data e.g. for database management or bulk mailings and are offering them access to personal data, you need to have a contract in writing with them to be sure that they will treat such data securely, confidentially, and in compliance with the 1998 Data Protection Act.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2012

Viljakainen, author of “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “ In 1998, I sold part of my company (which I had founded in 1986, when I was 13) to the Finnish IT services firm Tieto. Two years later we made it a full merger, and I joined the Tieto management team. and other countries.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Shawn Burcham , author of “ Keeping Score With GRITT : Straight Talk Strategies For Success ” is the founder & CEO of PFSbrands, which he and his wife, Julie, started out of their home in 1998.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 16, 2023

As became clear quickly: the Stanford Business School Class of 1998 had founded the good Internet 1.0 Pivot to the right with a few years of management consulting and use Powerpoint on cross country flights to make stop motion animations. But by my graduation in June of 2000, the party had ended.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

By Travis Nisbett, Senior Project Manager at Hostway Services, Inc. If your business has the right hosting partner, this can be a real advantage: a well-managed hosting company will offer protections such as onsite security, robust firewalls, facility safety measures and more.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2014

Having been in the agency world for 15 years ( started my first agency building websites for companies in 1998 , sold that in 2008 and stayed with the new agency, Engauge, until last August when I left and started Dragon Army ), I had a lot to say about what is wrong with the relationship between these two parties. That’s impossible.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Now that I know about ProductionHUB ’s Request Engine , I let them do the searching for me,” says MaryElla Collins, office manager at Odyssey Creative, which does media production work for companies like AT&T, MTV and Fidelity Financial. They have helped me connect with and hire great videographers for the last three years.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2010

I started a business newspaper at my college and my first article back in February 1998 was on AOL. It’s also not simply because Facebook can outbid for someone who would otherwise work at the San Francisco office of a management consulting firm. Yet, I was very interested in the tech industry.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Angel investors like Andy Bechtolsheim - who put $100,000 into Google in September 1998, a position now worth more than $1.7 Each year, Growthink reviews hundreds of startup and emerging company opportunities and selects those with the best management teams, market opportunities, and financial prospects. billion in Yahoo stock.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

His management style was closer to that of a marine drill sergeant than a Cub Scouts pack leader. 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. Great management is like The Beatles. By all accounts Jobs never stopped being a jerk.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blockbuster is a classic example of how complacent management can lead to a business’s downfall. In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity. Blockbuster. There was a time when Blockbuster rolled in enormous profits from its massive chain of stores.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 8, 2016

In 1998, when I started ending up with lots of shares in public Internet companies, I came up with a formulaic approach for any public equities that are distributed to me (either from our funds or other VC funds). And, for the last category (the shares I own personally), I still use the long-term formulaic approach I came up with in 1998.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 7, 2013

Rackspace Hosting, founded in 1998 and based in San Antonio, snagged the 19th spot on the list. Solar Winds, which makes information technology management tools, has 628 employees and $282 million in revenue, [.] The post Solar Winds and Rackspace on Forbes’ Fastest Growing Tech Companies List appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Lee put his hypothesis to test in 1998 via Peanut Butter & Co , a small retail shop which has turned into a multiplatform success. sandwich shop in 1998, and the menu consisted entirely of peanut butter sandwiches, snacks, and desserts. Q: The business started in 1998. One which still goes best with a glass of milk.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Serial entrepreneur Donovan Janus started his first company NTN Publishing in 1998, and started Exposure Manager in 2004. Still running today, Exposure Manager has 6,000 users including the Elvis Presley Foundation and Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

I started my first business back in 1998 when I was 17; Skipworth was my first digital record label. And Jonathan has done artist management agency WISEgroup. What other startups have team members been involved with? Aron was part of the Austin-based Lyft competitor RideAustin. Sceenic is based in London.

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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 started a business newspaper in 1998 in college covering the stock market and the economy. So thanks for playing Inception, Henry.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. Unfortunately, a series of bad judgments followed, including firing the company’s long-time ad agency, laying off 10% of its corporate staff and thousands of middle managers, and ridding the stores of sales and discounts.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 17, 2016

Amazon has a unique product development process: before starting any new project, the product manager writes an internal press release ‘announcing’ the product. Amazon keeps managers close to the customer by having them regularly work customer service. For example, Mike George joined Amazon in 1998 through Junglee’s acquisition.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

an instant messaging and presence management software provider (acquired by Cisco in 2009). Durand was founder and CEO of Durand Communications, a bulletin board software provider (acquired by Webb Interactive in 1998). Durand co-founded Digital ID World, the identity industry conference (acquired by IDG in 2007). Prior to Jabber, Inc.,

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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. Their performance management system is very sophisticated. Athenahealth version 1.0

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A consolidated loan might also bring you to lower monthly payments, which will be easy to manage with your monthly expenses. In 1998, he graduated from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, and now serves as a principal attorney for the Oak View Law Group in California.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Dubbed a “visionary marketer” by the American Marketing Association, Michael’s sole mission is to help entrepreneurs avoid the time drain and frustration of managing profitable digital marketing campaigns. She has studied the practical application of psychology for more than a decade in sales, marketing, and people management.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 12, 2014

I became an entrepreneur in November of 1998 with my college roommate, Raj Choudhury. Raj and I worked together from 1998 until last August, when Engauge was sold to Publicis and I left to start Dragon Army. What are a few things you’ve learned since you started Spunlogic in 1998 about how you want to lead BLiNQ?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2015

Finally, tight fiscal management is crucial as income ebbs and flows. In 1998 Karkus invested in and consulted to the vaccine company ID Biomedical when it was valued at $25 million dollars and on the verge of bankruptcy. Ted Karkus began his career on Wall Street and is currently CEO of ProPhase Labs. billion 7 years later.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Murphy introduces us to Marla Malcolm, Chris Michel and Marc Cendella - all members of the 1998 HBS graduating class, and all successful entrepreneurs with thriving companies. Some of the other important rules Murphy discovered include "find a problem, then solve it," "manage risk" and "think big, think new, think again."

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Popular games like the Lineage IP, released by NCSoft in 1998, has generated over $4 Billion in revenue over its lifetime, most of it driven by its mobile version. Yes, the title is “click-bait” but there is some truth to it, bear with me.

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