Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors –payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention. Develop action plans 4.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Tips For Managing Remote Workers | Business Insider - crowdspring.co/19fk1pf. Fewer US startups now than in 1999. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 8 Must-have Cheat Sheets for Web Designers and Developers - crowdspring.co/GZCuhL.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors –payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention. Develop action plans 4.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. The relationship qualities, founded on mutual respect, that were common 100 years ago are still essential today and without them organizations fail.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

Productivity Gains – This is something frequently cited as critical to developed economies like ours in the US. When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. What do some of the buzzwords you read about in the news mean to you?

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Like the problem solver I had been trained as in my software development days, I parsed his issue. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2013

Check to see if your area has a local “incubator” complex or development center. He has over 30 years of experience in executive management, corporate governance and business development. Your nearby community banker is a good start. Tom Cleveland writes for BetterMerchantAccounts.com.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. He will likely chuckle, wish you much success and suggest that you will have to make that decision for yourself. But regardless of your goals, Jerry will say, “be the best YOU that you can be.”. .

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development. Btw, here’s our startup [link] We are bringing yield management to the restaurant industry. A lot has changed.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

He sat quietly watching things develop. Many leaders have sidestepped their leadership responsibilities in favor of managing the herd with stats and ultimatums. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. It’s easy to overreact.

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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. These presentations resulted in more than 3,000 introductions between portfolio companies and prospective Fortune 500/Global 2000 senior executives.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. Susan Balloch, Managing Director, Golden Seeds; formerly Executive Director and Principal, The Blackstone Group. Susan Balloch, Managing Director of Golden Seeds. Click here to make a reservation. 6:30 Registration. 8:30 Networking.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

He has over 30 years of experience in executive management, corporate governance and business development. Tom served as CFO for various Visa International entities from 1980 until his retirement in 1999 and was instrumental in expanding the global reach of the Visa system.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Non-profit’s and local community leaders need special assistance, especially in developing countries, to gain access to appropriate resources of capital devoted to their respective purposes. These influential managers are instrumental in sharing and learning the most effective ways to support development efforts in Africa.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian Kasser most recently led the global Software and SaaS Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Palo Alto. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Brian worked at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Thomas Weisel Partners, where he joined at the firm’s inception in early 1999.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement.

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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. For creatives, it is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don’t matter. Thanks to Mike Samson, crowdSPRING. #3

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Collaborative filtering in eCommerce product recommendations was first implemented at scale by Amazon (they filed their initial patent for item-to-item collaborative filtering as early as 1999). Another telling example, is when back in 2011 eBay acquired a 2-year-old recommendation engine startup , Hunch for $80 million.

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Ben's Blog

JULY 24, 2011

I joined eBay in 1999, early in its life, and had the privilege of witnessing and contributing to the development of one of the most iconic e-commerce businesses. And they have been ably managing the operations amidst simply explosive growth. For me, it was a true déjà vu experience.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As the global health crisis continues to force many of us to work from home, business leaders have had to think on their feet, and fast, to adapt to a new way of running their companies. According to a recent survey by FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics , between 2005 to 2017, there was a massive 159% increase in remote work.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. So they solved it by each department manager, the sales manager, and the owner running their own schedule and telling the junior employees what to do. Well done Reed!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I work with them to develop and market profitable products and services that turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance. I started a consulting firm called Global Marketing Resources, LLC in 2000 as source for additional income while I was a corporate executive.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Globalization has increased the level of competition and introduced more turmoil to the business environment. If you want to take your business to the next level, you’ll need to be open to the current realities of the new global economy, and get more creative. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Call them up!

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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 planning model of media buying and creative development is very quickly converging and moving to much shorter, and sometimes ‘immediate’, timelines. This is an interesting question.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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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 planning model of media buying and creative development is very quickly converging and moving to much shorter, and sometimes ‘immediate’, timelines. Q2: How is social community management being handled within the creative agencies?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

Indeed, Bitcoin enthusiasts and developers have long insisted the day will come when Bitcoin will stand alongside gold. What the visionary, Milton Friedman, predicted about Bitcoin in 1999. We are seeing sudden slashes to both supply and demand and cuts to international trade that has brought the global economy almost to a standstill.

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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.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” Do we truly care about the importance of diversity and inclusion for our team?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities.

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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. about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! It’s a repeatable model that we’ve been able to apply globally to everything from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

And as Dan’s manager or teammate, you needn’t wonder. Dan, you’ve tried managing people on two other occasions and it didn’t work out. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. It doesn’t matter. Oh, he’s not a terrible person.

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