Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

In a quote that’s often attributed to Charles Darwin – but was in fact a Louisiana State University management professor paraphrasing Darwin in 1963 , “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. At that point I was a few years into my career and working as a project manager at Apple.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Why brand matters more than ever.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Technology | Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. How did you go from VC to founder? It becomes too complicated.

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. So one of the first things we did was to hire an Oracle expert and get to work. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? I had heard that all great companies built their applications on Oracle.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I need to confess, it wasn’t as easy as it looks to bystander, but we manage.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

In addition to being a mom of four, Bailey is an author, hosts a radio talk show and multiple TV shows, runs a marketing business, and is the founder of BlueSuitMom.com and Smart Mom Solutions. Tory Johnson : Tory Johnson founded Women for Hire in 1999 in her apartment, balancing the demands of a new business with the care of twin toddlers.

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Cofounder Global Demand Social Media 154

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

When I started Coremetrics in 1999, Accel Partners wanted to invest in our Series A alongside Highland Capital Partners. Fast forward to Bazaarvoice, where we were initially obsessive about both our hiring process (which I detailed in The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #10 ) as well as checking references. and dangerous. We all have them?—?no

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Advisory Board Cofounder Hiring Partner 48

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), I’m not sure how many Internet companies started in 1999 are still private, backed and led by the same team the whole time, and generally in the same business they started in. Press release is here.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Affiliate Cofounder 48

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), I’m not sure how many Internet companies started in 1999 are still private, backed and led by the same team the whole time, and generally in the same business they started in. Press release is here.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Affiliate Cofounder 48

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

I started out my career at the management consulting firm McKinsey which was a truly wonderful learning ground. They don’t need to be a savant in one niche skill; they need to be competent at a wide range of skills and then hire specialists to do what they can’t. My co-founders and I started eVestment for two primary reasons.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Non-Compete LLC Social Media 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey. We hired people to run the UK and Germany.

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Thanks to Mike Samson, crowdSPRING. #3 3 – I was Fired Twice.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Interestingly, the company’s founding vision was not a lean idea, but rather a big idea: to accelerate and manage Internet traffic on a global, highly scalable, highly distributed scale. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. . . Founding Akamai. Scaling Akamai – Part 1: A Little Fat.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I followed her writing and bought her AOL book back in 1999. When we hired her, we leveled up in terms of our technology and Big Data chops. Just as importantly, she was an incredibly loyal and supportive friend and co-worker during really difficult times. Both of these women had a significant impact on my career.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Cofounder Venture Capital Valuation 117

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

As detailed in a co-authored book , Brian Halligan, a recent MIT grad in 2005, observed startups failing with “‘tried-and-true’ marketing techniques that he had seen work throughout his career; techniques such as trade shows, telemarketing, e-mail blasting and advertising.”. An eponymous book (e.g. More than just ‘Content Marketing.’”.

Naming 119

Naming Conversion Flash Cofounder 119

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

8220; His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. Why Product Managers Wear Sneakers - Steve Blank , September 2, 2010 I gave a talk last night to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

It’s called Enterprise Performance Management, which is kind of a weird term. That’s a really big deal, because that category of software, line managers and businesses have never actually used that software themselves. Actually — we have another one actually that is — well, it sounds esoteric, but it actually is very relevant.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. Instawork was cofounded by Sumir Meghani in San Franciso and was a member of the 2015 Y-Combinator class.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. When I share this, reporters often ask me, “why is management so gullible to sit there and listen to a demand imbalance goal of 30x-50x?”.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82