Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Its a big to-do list and one that demands someone experienced in operating at this sort of scale.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

We invested in the company in 1999 during the ascension of the Internet bubble. They understood the different dimensions of the business and were laser focused on drivers of supply and demand in each market they operated. We learned this dynamic in the early 2000’s with our investment in ServiceMagic.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. Interestingly, the demand from entrepreneurs has come in all stages and sizes. How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? And that is why we have become a popular firm among founders.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

All businesses begin with a specific idea in mind, and although some stick to exactly what they started with, it’s much more common to find that a business has grown and evolved over time to keep up with changes in supply, demand, and even resource availability. The last of the textile operations were shut down in 1985.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. AppFog creating "high-hurdle" experiments to surface authentic early adopters with real pain.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. To tackle this, B-Free researched and patented another product based on market demand. 1 Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy, March 24, 1999. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

The company quickly realized that its initial commercial product was in huge demand – they had reached product-market fit nirvana. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. Scaling Akamai – Part 1: A Little Fat. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million!

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 9, 2013

In a 2007 report, the Council on Competitiveness quoted a USA Today survey revealing that, “ of venture-backed software startups created since 1999, nearly 40% have employees outside the United States.”. only operations.” Fellow entrepreneurs may also be able to help.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2018

The demand for eco-friendly products continues to rise with the increase in climatic changes. I feel fortunate that, since 1999, KeepCool has been able to be a conduit for the growing number of people who are making such conscious choices. As a pioneering CEO in the U.S. And that’s become something of the company motto.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

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. But I’m with Jason Calacanis. So we as consumers (and as a tech industry) languished for 7 years.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. 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. . Running a small business is a daunting challenge.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? The market now demands it. We are now seeing a change, we (the agency) are ‘teaching’ the client how to operate in the social media environment – so that they can do it themselves. Probably the later.

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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 [.] Takeaway : If demand has firm boundaries, aim for geographic dominance. Moats built on efficient scale apply to a small number of businesses, like the aforementioned freight rail operators. But demand won’t scale.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? The market now demands it. We are now seeing a change, we (the agency) are ‘teaching’ the client how to operate in the social media environment – so that they can do it themselves. Probably the later.

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Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2014

This would ultimately be the advantage Keith had, and still has, in running a smaller operation: relationships mean more to the owner and the customer. In 1999, he and a business partner launched Sunshine Recycling Inc. , His new customers were ready for the change. “Most of them said, ‘Hey, we’re glad you did.

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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 (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners). As a result, productivity naturally improves.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. If 1999 was a wet (read liquid) bubble, 2015 was a particularly dry one. Back in 1999, if a company raised $30mm before an IPO, that was considered a large historic raise. 2015 was the exact opposite. Take as much market share as you can.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. For the previous twenty years I had actually worked in emergency response, as a firefighter, medic and police officer. This lead to me needing to find a new career, and fast! My parents were also small business owners.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

The women to follow are CEOs, career experts, coaches, and entrepreneurs who are all familiar with the challenges that moms (and dads, too) face when trying to balance the demands of their careers with the responsibilities of being a parent.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

In his 1997 paper, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, and Human Performance in Continuous Operations , he found that: Laboratory studies show that mental work declines by 25% during each successive 24 hours of continuous wakefulness. ” The Promise of Sleep by Dr. William Dement & Christopher Vaughn, DTP, 1999, ISBN 0-440-50901-7.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Founders cant demand such concessions unless their companies are doing well.

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Andrew Payne

JANUARY 16, 2015

This is one of my absolute favorite disruption patterns: “commodization+crossover”, where a technology is commoditized by demand for one application and then applied elsewhere. Things began to change in the 1990s, driven by demand for 3D games , first with arcade units and consoles, and then PCs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. VC Cafe: What part of AfterDownload’s operation is browser plugin monetization? AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. VC Cafe: What part of AfterDownload’s operation is browser plugin monetization? AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. VC Cafe: What part of AfterDownload’s operation is browser plugin monetization? AfterDownload: Quite often depending on demand.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business. New industries never ask if it’s ok to sell a new raw material, they just take it and commercialise the demand for it. We’ve changed the way industries operated to make them more human and minimise their externalities.

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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. High unemployment, wage stagnation, lowering real estate prices and the lowering of demand for products may lead to deflation (where prices of goods & services decrease each month – i.e. the opposite of inflation).

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. GE, which entered the water industry in 1999 and is involved in a wide variety of water technologies, in the last five years doubled its investment in water technology related R&D to reach $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

When I started my first company in 1999 we spent more than $2 million on technology infrastructure including Sun servers & Solaris operating system, Oracle databases, EMC storage, load balancers, app servers, back-up devices, disk mirrors and on and on. I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

As a Jew who grew up in Germany and moved to Israel in 1999, I find this stoic philosophy Israelis display as one of the country’s key elements of success. The Palestinian suffering will not end when Israel withdraws or agrees to any other demands. Photo Credit: AFP. Israel has done that many times in the past.

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