Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

As I was contemplating a classic book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Viral 314

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of Expect Leadership, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineeering, and in Technology.

Leadership 113

Leadership Incubator Metrics Sales 113

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2019

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology.

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Leadership Cost Reputation Global 127

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

When I first started as a startup CEO in 1999 there were no guides on raising venture capital. It goes far beyond any other book I’ve seen on the topic in helping you understand the key terms, plan the negotiation and understand the motives of the various actors at the table. Every startup needs the knowledge in this book.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

It was another classic story for their corporate history books. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. As a student of great leaders, I had to ask Joe’s subordinates how Joe had handled the emergency situation. No surprise here!

Leadership 113

Leadership Technical Review Cloud Global 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology. Women in transportation have never looked back.

Global 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, in a classic book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business The Value Builder System ™ , I saw the nine most common variations on the subscription model today. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot.

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Book of the Year: Winner Takes All by Anand Giridharadas. This book couldn’t come at a more important time in our history. It’s the one book I’m recommending at the moment. The world is lucky to have people like Dr Goertzel in it. The elite charade of changing the world. Yes, it will come back even stronger.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

With all the external presenters, the ones I enjoyed the most were Dan Senor who wrote the book Startup Nation (an examination of the Israeli technology scene). Let me start by telling you that if you haven’t bought the book “ 4 Steps to Epiphany ” (and if you’re involved in a technology startup) do yourself a favor and buy a copy now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, in a classic book “ The Automatic Customer ,” by John Warrillow, who runs the successful subscription based research business The Value Builder System ™ , I saw the nine most common variations on the subscription model today. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot.

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Revenue Cloud Curation B2B 420

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Embodying the informal, casual wit of the company, the founding of Innocent is summarized on their website in the form of a charming story as follows: “We started innocent in 1999 after selling our smoothies at a music festival.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Europe Advertising Matching 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

As I was contemplating a classic book “ Dead Companies Walking ,” by Scott Fearon, who runs a hedge fund that profits from businesses headed toward bankruptcy, I realized that his insights on the common ways that mature companies often doom themselves apply equally well to startups. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

Intellectual Property 310

Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy Viral 310

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Encourage everyone to read books for personal development. One of my biggest regrets and mistakes in life is that I didn’t start reading books until age 40. I’ve seen dozens of people improve their lives as a result of implementing our book club. Target lifelong learners in recruiting efforts.

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Balance Sheet America Employee Programming 162

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

A year or so ago I read an early draft of a new book titled The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. You can get the whole story in my book, The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win ).

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Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014.

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OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Startup CEO (OnlyOnce – the book!). One of the things I’ve often thought over the years since starting Return Path in 1999 is that there’s no instruction manual anywhere for how to be a CEO. The book is going to be published by Wiley & Sons and is due out next summer. The catalyst for writing this book was Brad Feld.

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New York City Startup New York Community 83

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I never expected to have my first book published in China, much less in Mandarin, but that goes to show how much the world continues to change. Mannie was invited by a publisher in Beijing to write a textbook for undergraduate students in China; she in turn invited me to join her as the book’s co-author.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. He currently has a 1999 strategy. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

There’s a famous scene in the cult-classic 1999 movie “ Office Space “ where the main character, Peter, is confronted by his boss, Bill. In the research for our upcoming book “ Fruition: How Great Ideas Come to Life ,” we found that the hassle (human) side of your low-friction plan is just as important as the risk (outcome) focus.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. This combined with the fact that Yellow pages in the UK used to run a very famous tv campaign featuring a book called “Fly fishing. Thanks to Viren Tellis, Hedado ! #14- 14- Adding our initials to what we do.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. At the beginning of Coremetrics in 1999, the market risk was whether or not companies would embrace the outsourced model (what we called ASP, or Application Service Providers, back then, and are now called SaaS, or Software as a Service, or “cloud” providers).

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Health insurance brokers partner with defined contribution software providers to increase their book of business. Paul Zane Pilzer is the New York Times best-selling author of 11 books, a former professor at NYU, and has served as an economist in two White House administrations. Rick Lindquist is president of Zane Benefits, Inc.,

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Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I just finished a new book by Stephen J. The keys to doing this well, for tech and non-tech businesses, are highlighted in his book, and he offers the following five lessons from hospitality to all entrepreneurs: Priority at every business stage on the customer. Cloobeck, “ Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You ”.

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Artificial Inteligence Reputation Viral America 205

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 5, 2021

Key Takeaway: Ryan Deiss starting building the empire of businesses he has today by selling eBooks right from his dorm room back in 1999. Questions I Ask Ryan Deiss: [0:34] So your book Digital Marketing for Dummies — you probably have to update it a lot, right? [3:44] I’ve got a free book for you.

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North America Founder America Conversion 96

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

My company uses an open-book management approach that fits well with the transparency younger workers desire. The company has over 1,500 branded foodservice locations across 40 states and is best known for their Champs Chicken franchise brand which was started in 1999. They have been able to get answers anytime they want them.

America 147

America Employee Founder Management 147

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . I have the purchase history to prove it.

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Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We started all the way back in 1999, and despite the raised eyebrows and lack of roadmap, we’ve fostered some unthinkable transitions. My book, “ Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams “, outlines all of the tips we’ve collected along the way.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 4, 2021

I once believed it would be our global currency – as I wrote in 2015 and in my first book, way back in 2013. Australia had a currency change as recently as 1966 and the Euro arrived only in 1999. At my first book launch in 2014, I accepted Bitcoin as payment. I’ve been bullish on Crypto for almost a decade.

Global 118

Global Government Australia Valuation 118

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. Napster arrived in June, 1999. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of Expect Leadership, a series of four leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineeering, and in Technology.

Leadership 167

Leadership Retention Employee Global 167

Pascal's View

JULY 1, 2014

The disgraced former directors of Tyco International (vintage 1999) , seemingly highly trustworthy and accomplished men and women, also come to mind.

Government 62

Government Technical Review Venture Capital Leadership 62

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. retail businesses are using apps like CatalogApp and Bento to create interactive product books which customers can browse on their own and that are full of rich information such photos, pricing, and inventory availability.

Technical Review 92

Technical Review Mobile Small Business Technology 92

YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2018

The CDC’s recent report showed that suicide rates have jumped over 30 percent in half the states since 1999. Among her other accomplishments, Wekelo is a yoga teacher, life coach, award-winning author of children’s books, and the founder of Zendoway, a company that encourages holistic wellness.

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Employee Operations Cost Management 133

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2020

you know that my company and main professional life’s work up to this point, Return Path, was a 1999 vintage email technology company that we sold last year. Our team at the new company is also working on a sequel to that book – more to come on that as well.

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Stealth New York Leadership Founder 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

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Intellectual Property Startup United States Framework 249

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

A few weeks ago, FG Press released the first book in its Techstars series titled No Vision All Drive: Memoirs of an Entrepreneur. Like many other startups, it had many ups and downs but the David’s created a very successful, profitable business that was acquired by ZOLL (a Boston-based public company) in 1999.

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Boston Cofounder Leadership Partner 137

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The video above shows Billie Holiday (one of my favorite singers) singing “Strange Fruit”, a song that Time manazine named, in 1999, the “song of the century” The song is a protest against racism. 19 Beautiful book cover designs for your inspiration – [link]. – [link].

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