Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

While it is important to keep pace with technological and tactical advances, it’s also important to hang on to marketing tools that continue to prove their worth. When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. Print catalogs worked in 1999, and they still work today.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Courageous leaders balance the cost versus the potential rewards and take decisive action. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. And when others wave the white flag in premature defeat, they pick up the banner and charge the hill.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Veterans of the networking industry, Craig formerly served as the CEO of Packeteer, a high-flying networking appliance vendor that he took public in 1999 with Scott as his director of engineering. At Packeteer, they built a hardware-based appliance that was expensive and complex to manage.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

In 1999 my wife Carol Lynn and I founded Rahvalor Interactive, a creative marketing services company. DeBenedetto has spent the past two decades passionately helping business owners navigate the complex world of technology. Frank enjoys spending quality time away from technology with his family and close group of friends.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

In the 20 th century, the best companies IPO’d in 6-8 years from startup (and in the Dot-Com bubble of 1996-1999 that could be as short as 2-3 years.) But 21st century companies face compressed technology cycles, which create the need for continuous innovation over a longer period of time. Who leads that process best?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. Looking back, that was a special moment. yeah, its awesome.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] Sales reps are also likely to be familiar with Salesforce because it’s the most widely used CRM, reducing onboarding costs for companies that use it. Low-cost production. Dig a deep moat. That’s my moat.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2019

In this activity, modern technologies are utilized to turn traditional, analog content into digital format. Therefore, each project attracts a premium cost. They were used to distribute and view movies in cinemas for the next 100 years until digital film technology came along. Today, almost all of them use digital technology.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. Napster arrived in June, 1999. Smaller equals faster in processor technology.).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money). 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). “Nail it before you scale it” – I missed who said this but I love this quote.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. He is a technology all-star, so let’s find out what he is envisioning for the future of technology, business, and Israel. By Ben Bakhshi.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

The combination of access to a robust private market coupled with the easing of the on-ramp created by the JOBS Act has enabled companies such as Moderna to be able to invest in life-changing technologies as we’ve seen with the recent COVID vaccines. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. But outside of these cities, China’s mobile market is made up of millions of less affluent consumers who use low-cost Android phones and often don’t have access to high-bandwidth mobile connectivity. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Larger companies such as IBM and SAP that had enterprise-wide deployments would offer some solutions around these pain points, but entrepreneurs claimed that these were not sufficient, and that the emergence of the Web and server technology made some of the legacy software inefficient, inadequate and obsolete.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. 40% of costs are labor, 40% are materials and 20% are overheads. Numbers are important.

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Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 22, 2017

The continual innovation of technology and product can provide infinite scalability for an Online Retailer. Her other tip, regularly portion money away to cover costs and taxes AND make sure you don’t spend more than you make. Tip 4: Get Real About Expenditure and What your Product Actually Costs. It’s a great business leveler.

Global 87

Global Channel Sales Software Review 87

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. How their product leaders and CMOs embrace the change adjusting product/marketing strategies based on new technologies. His name was Mark Benioff (another former Oracle Executive) and in 1999 he had the pleasure to introduce the business world the first CRM in Cloud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Voice recognition and artificial intelligence are great technologies, but very few customers today can tell you how these make their life more enjoyable.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. There is a high probability that the person you’re hiring will leave you within 18 months.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever. Most plans are pretty good about estimating direct costs but bad about underlying expenses.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Yet in expansionary periods, successful leaders spent significantly less on [selling, general, and administrative costs] than did their former peers. A focus on cost cutting—every decision is viewed through a loss-minimization lens. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. The Power of the Individual: This was the year that the individual, amplified by technology platforms, became empowered to rise against oppressions both large and small.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

The Cheskin Research & Studio Archetype found as far back as 1999 that the six-most important factors in building trust with an ecommerce company are : Brand; Navigation; Fulfillment; Presentation; Up-to-date technology; Security logos. navigation is difficult to use), and close to 60% noted “hidden costs” (i.e.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. These include the hiring of virtual assistants, which lowers operational costs while increasing the level of productivity. . By outsourcing services, the small business owner can capitalize on comparative advantages in costs, particularly labor. . From a company worth $1.6

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

You – being members of the technology community. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It is a channel disguised in business clothing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. Cash will continue to become less relevant in 10 years as electronic & mobile commerce continue to proliferate and new technologies like NFC drive change.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. The very modest salary that I drew didn’t come anywhere near meeting my monthly costs so I had to eat into savings. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 2, 2018

Consumers are coming to understand and appreciate that the real cost of a “free” internet lies in advertising and data collection. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve kept consumer choice, permission, and transparency at the center of our business.

Artificial Inteligence 54

Artificial Inteligence Software Review API Security 54

OnlyOnce

JULY 2, 2018

Consumers are coming to understand and appreciate that the real cost of a “free” internet lies in advertising and data collection. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve kept consumer choice, permission, and transparency at the center of our business.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence Software Review API Security 48

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Often, the entire organization starts dreaming up bigger, bolder features that are sure to dazzle the marketplace, but without the best grasp on what technology can and can’t do, or fully realizing what caused us to miss our commitments in the first place.

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Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 175

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. It is often LESS performant. Enter Salesforce.com.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 4, 2013

” For USA purchasers, IdeaKeg Single is priced at US $1999 including shipping. A Prize Draw is underway, with one lucky winner receiving IdeaKeg Single at no cost. Not surprisingly, this is the office where a lot of the ideas come from.”

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