ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. A Harvard Business Review (HBR) study of 4,700 public companies looked at the three years before, during, and after recessions. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. Pragmatic.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. This “we’re all in it together” kept founders and employees aligned on incentives. Here’s why.

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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. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. 4:56] Could you talk about something you’ve written about — the end of technical SEO? [5:43] Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04]

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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. We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. I’m not trying to take credit beyond where credit is due.

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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. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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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. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element. Moving on … My second post was directed at employees.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. Electronic Arts is no different than many high-tech companies in this regard.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. My Journal.

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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. 16- Treat employees in a better way. My parents were also small business owners.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online clothing retailer Zappos, has made company culture a focal point in his management style. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Thus, efficient management of funding sources is highly important because small businesses have to fund both day-to-day operations and expansion projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft. Test interest.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

For decades, technology entrepreneurs have had an affinity for pirates. 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.”

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I went to the University of Queensland and studied for a business management degree. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I don’t actually have any employees.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S.

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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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