1999 Distribution Global Leadership 
ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2020
“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. Flexibility is essential for decision making and leadership, too.
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. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 25, 2018
by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “ I’ll admit I was a tough sell. Brian is now leading a mission critical distribution arm and his direct reports are engaged and energized. I’d seen and heard many promises about how great life was going to become once I turned over control to another person.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Let’s not let startups use this as an escape hatch to avoid customer development. Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk.
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.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 6, 2019
My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. My parents were also small business owners.
online.wsj.com
JULY 11, 2012
To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Global Support. Future Leadership Program.
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