ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” The HBR study contrasts Office Depot and Staples during the 2000 recession: Office Depot cut 6% of its workforce, but it couldn’t reduce operating costs significantly. He continues: It’s OK to continue to operate.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. 1 Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy, March 24, 1999.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 9, 2013

In our hyper-competitive global economy, startups are just as likely to find their first customers in Paris, France, as in Paris, Texas. 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.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

In 1999 I was working in the London offices of Andersen Consulting. He told me that he was leading the project globally and gave me the name of the lead Japanese partner. They also knew that I was from NorCal, which in 1999 was a huge bonus to foreign companies thinking about Internet strategies.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

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. Ten years ago, each would have required dedicated hardware and operational maintenance. Here’s my basic example over the past 10 years. Why should you care?

China 74

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

If you take a snapshot during an extraordinary surge in valuations, M&A activity, IPOs and thus wealth creation you’d echo John Doerr’s famous quote from 1999 that, “The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history.&# I still have to get sales, operations, finance, HR & corp dev right to win.

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IPO Finance Valuation Naming 391

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

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. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

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.

Small Business 140

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Ameet was right.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

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. From April 1999 until June 2006, Mr. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. I don’t think you need operational experience to be a good VC but Mark Suster’s great new post illustrates the difference. [.] Just like revenues are the right metric for businesses that aim to sell products directly, one can probably deduce a global metric for other types of businesses.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. 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.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. There's been two fundamental changes here that have been overlooked by a lot of people, and this is why it's fundamentally different than it was in 1999: One change is this Era of Cheap and the lean finance model.

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. 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.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Moving forward, Miller believes Cornerstone can grow to become an “extremely global company.” Three months after getting up and running, the tech bubble burst and all the money dried up. Miller noted.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. Akamai: The Present.

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Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 1, 2013

I invested in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003 and in NYC pre and post 2008 financial crisis. The most exciting part of this future is the far-reaching global innovation and increased participation by women that I haven’t seen in previous cycles. I’ve seen this movie twice before as a VC.

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Silicon Valley United States Portfolio Internet 84

Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

The abundance of risk capital during America’s technology bubble in 1999 and 2000 effectively financed the launch of the technology innovation ecosystems that now thrive in China, India, Singapore and other emerging (and increasingly robust) economies. We must stop damaging America’s global competitiveness. Share and Enjoy:

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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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Rhode Island Portfolio Liechtenstein San Francisco 78

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When it launched in 97 it was a DVD rental business whose only real value proposition was the mail-order element of its operation. 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.

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Entrepreneur China Incubator Philippines 107

Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. The 2018 Global Coworking Survey shed some light on the numbers behind who uses coworking spaces.

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Austin Community Networking America 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. Globalization has increased the level of competition and introduced more turmoil to the business environment. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Here are five ways to keep your small business growing.

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Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Since founding my business in 1981 as a typing and editing service, I’ve operated under many names/websites. For this work, I operate under the name Going Beyond Sustainability. 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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Naming Entrepreneur Green LLC 97

Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? 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.

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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? 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. s) where we will see a splitting of the market into software and hardware producers.

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Media Social Media Government Mobile 59

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. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

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.” Dara has a reputation for running a no-drama operation (a classic naval leader, in other words).

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Software Review Employee 36

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 27, 2004

Total cash and savings for companies in the S&P 500 have doubled since 1999 and is equal to half a trillion dollars which means companies have added almost 300 billion dollars to their balance sheet in the last 5 years. Companies spent too much in the 90s and are being cautious about how they spend their hard-earned cash.

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Balance Sheet Architecture New York America 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. ii] Aktihanoglu , Murat. May 3, 2009. iii] Rudd, Amber. “A

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. This lead to me needing to find a new career, and fast!

Entrepreneur 63

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 63

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Christie Schultz : Moms looking to start their own business should look to entrepreneurial mom Christie Schultz, who is the founder and CEO of MomVentures, a global networking organization catered to business-minded moms.

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Cofounder Global Demand Social Media 154

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 4, 2013

Can any other organization offer a kinesthetic and whole-brained process for turning global trends into new strategies and breakthrough ideas for your organization? “Now that our operations have scaled, we can offer IdeaKeg editions on a one-off basis. Does anyone else have a service like IdeaKeg?

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Up and Running

JUNE 18, 2014

Founded in 1999 in Montreal, Canada, ice.com was recently acquired by Round 2 Inc., Growing a Business Operations Sales and Marketing Strategy business growth business mentor mentors startup marketing' an ecommerce company headed by CEO Brandon Proctor. Email us about it at editor@bplans.com. We’d love to get a discussion going.

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Internet Incubator Government Social Media 79

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. In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 Global Support. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. Create an Account: Register for Limited Access. Customer Service.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. Today, this thesis is less relevant. American VCs are critical.

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20