Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I’d start by trying to follow them on social media to get to know them a bit, and then reach out with a relevant intro request through LinkedIn. Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

Founded in 1999 by college student Bryn Carey, this ski and snowboard rental and delivery service is used by over 30 ski resorts in locations such as California, Colorado and British Columbia, Canada. The company supports organizations including Translators Without Borders, the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative and the American Red Cross.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA. Founding Akamai.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

For creatives, it is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don’t matter. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 Before they were born, I was working as a salesperson for a big media company, making a lot of money.

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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.

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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. So here it is: for all the privacy invasions, security risks and and fundamental changes in our personal and domestic domains, this is what these companies* generate in revenue: Google – about $150 a year per person. But when the web 2.0

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

You’ve likely read about tone of voice in a content marketing or social media context. (Or Here’s an excerpt from Harvard University ‘s about blurb… Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

Yes, I know I may be oversimplifying, but the point I want to make is that revenue does not equal profit, especially when many of the new growth areas that technology companies are pursuing have single digit margins as a starting point. In the same Barron’s article, Pip Coburn goes on to say, “There’s tremendous hype.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 31, 2017

A study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor found that 73 percent of entrepreneurs fund their ventures through their own savings, an average of $15,000. He’s the author of five international best-selling books and has empowered over 50 million people globally through his training programs. Not all debt is bad. billion dollars.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I believe that every human with time to spare, and a connection to the web, should be on social media. Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? Even the people who powered your investment in Social Media, the Gurus, have, reluctantly, accepted this reality. Success Metrics.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

While the global financial crash of 2008 and the resulting Great Recession initially slowed job growth in Silicon Valley, the meteoric rise of smart phones and social media helped the tech industry as a whole to power ahead despite the near collapse of the global economy. A Variation on the Global Economic Crash of 2008?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

These standards allowed global collaboration and expanded the boundaries of trade. Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

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