Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

When I came to Austin in 1999, ATI was one of the only organizations supporting entrepreneurs in Texas. I know that ATI will continue to grow and thrive under the leadership of Mitch Jacobson.

Incubator 58

Incubator Austin Technical Review Technology 58

Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Since then, his leadership of the Fund has allowed several African startups to access capital, mentorship and acceleration services. Sam Gichuru is a lynchpin in Nairobi’s startup community due to his leadership of nailab, a major incubator and accelerator. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.

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Kenya Africa Incubator Cofounder 45

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Now, he has created a book club at his company to encourage and incentivize everyone to continue to grow and learn, and he requires the senior-leadership team to read a minimum of 12 books a year. One of my biggest regrets and mistakes in life is that I didn’t start reading books until age 40. Target lifelong learners in recruiting efforts.

Balance Sheet 162

Balance Sheet America Employee Programming 162

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What is the most important thing you have learned about leadership? Fewer US startups now than in 1999. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2015

In the Y2K projects – which had to get done by the end of 1999, or “bad things” would happen – there were executives who wanted different projects to get done first, and so, requested the Y2K projects have their end-date moved. Thinking Aloud leadership management project management Russell Harley'

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Management America Networking Leadership 100

Pascal's View

JULY 1, 2014

How much of their success is attributed to the managerial and leadership ability of the founder, and how much to the culture that he or she has created? The disgraced former directors of Tyco International (vintage 1999) , seemingly highly trustworthy and accomplished men and women, also come to mind. Can these be separated?

Government 62

Government Technical Review Venture Capital Leadership 62

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2018

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership ”. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Jerry wasn’t your average engineer. But regardless of your goals, Jerry will say, “be the best YOU that you can be.”. .

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

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. As the authors found, “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish.

Marketing 121

Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “. I explained the need for him to demonstrate his best leadership. Many leaders have sidestepped their leadership responsibilities in favor of managing the herd with stats and ultimatums. We were almost set for the session to begin. Wu arrived early.

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Leadership Texas Framework Employee 100

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2020

you know that my company and main professional life’s work up to this point, Return Path, was a 1999 vintage email technology company that we sold last year. If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time (amazingly, it is over 16 years old now!),

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Stealth New York Leadership Founder 62

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “ I’ll admit I was a tough sell. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. I’ve been told they will work out AMAZINGLY well. Don’t settle for an illusion!

Leadership 100

Leadership Database Audio Distribution 100

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. There’s also timing and trends, leadership, luck, and maybe even marketing. . And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . I think I’m an innovator myself, but I know I’m not an opinion leader. I have the purchase history to prove it.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

” I look for a lot of things, actually: Persistence (above all else), resiliency, leadership, humility, attention-to-detail, street smarts, transparency and both obsession with one’s company and a burning desire to win. And it’s still less than I was paid at Accenture in 1999. I was investing in myself.

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Founder Salary Startup Early Stage 409

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We started all the way back in 1999, and despite the raised eyebrows and lack of roadmap, we’ve fostered some unthinkable transitions. Today, I believe virtually any business can — and should — go remote for optimal results.

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Cofounder Employee Hiring Management 179

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2011

No one would call Carly Fiorina, the head of Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2005, a wilting lily. I’ll be looking for women to create the “new business culture” that every worker wants – better role definitions, more effective and productive leadership, and better work-life balance. Others foresee just the opposite. Marty Zwilling.

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Networking Leadership Demand Entrepreneur 226

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. Turns out that this was a team of engineers inspecting the structure to assess the damage caused by last month’s earthquake and they were methodically inspecting each of the 36,491 marble blocks that makes up the exterior of the giant tower.

Technical Review 92

Technical Review Mobile Small Business Technology 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. The skills required to get to the next level were different than the skills I had or my own desires.

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Silicon Valley IPO Demand Revenue 150

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many other startups, it had many ups and downs but the David’s created a very successful, profitable business that was acquired by ZOLL (a Boston-based public company) in 1999. Brown stayed at ZOLL for a while, left, and then came back and ran ZOLL Data (the division based on Pinpoint) until last year when he finally left for good.

Boston 137

Boston Cofounder Partner Leadership 137

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 27, 2022

When I first met Matt and he joined me and Jack to launch Return Path in 1999, he was fresh out of business school and focused on sales and marketing from his prior career in investment banking. Our idea was that he would do the same for us as we got our product in market.

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Framework Partner Developer Employee 62

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. There’s also timing and trends, leadership, luck, and maybe even marketing. . And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . I think I’m an innovator myself, but I know I’m not an opinion leader. I have the purchase history to prove it.

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Forecast Leadership Media Sales 123

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

She is also an adjunct professor, who taught a leadership course at Columbia Business School. Karen Bantuveris has 15 years experience as a consultant in customer centric- leadership development, marketing strategy and business process design. Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. Prior to Radiance Learning, Ms.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

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. The market seemed crowded and our leadership position that had been built over many years seemed to not matter any more. I left Andersen Consulting in 1999 at the height of the market.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Alone in a ski cabin with the snow coming down outside, and my wife and daughters out on the slopes all day, I started collecting my thoughts by writing a series of “lessons learned” stories that I had hoped would become my memoirs.

Redemption 126

Redemption Silicon Valley RSS California 126

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Even though he isn’t couching it in the “Discovery/Validation&# language you can see that his metrics for success are radically different than one delivering a physical product.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Under Drexler’s leadership, J. But before Google became the giant corporation that it is today, it was almost sold for a shy $1 million to Excite CEO George Bell in 1999. It wasn’t until Millard Drexler, former Gap Inc. chief, came to the rescue in 2003 and helped turn the company around for the better. million in 2005.

Bankruptcy 195

Bankruptcy Texas Naming Venture Capital 195

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2010

No one would call Carly Fiorina, the head of Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2005, a wilting lily. I’ll be looking for women to create the “new business culture” that every worker wants – better role definitions, more effective and productive leadership, and better work-life balance. Others foresee just the opposite. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Leadership Networking Demand 121

Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2016

If you are on a leadership team, the question “how did the quarter go?” In 1999, the year an online pet store fronted by a sock puppet raised $50 million, Harmonix was laying off staff. Most of the monthly measurements are either backward looking (e.g. You get a little planning in the mix on a quarterly cycle.

Boston 70

Boston Cofounder Early Stage Founder 70

OnlyOnce

MARCH 11, 2021

1999 wasn’t the dark ages, but it feels like a different millennium in terms of what it’s like to start a technology company from scratch. Confidence in all of those areas means large portions of our day and brain space are freed up to focus on the actual construction of the business without worrying if we’re doing things right or wrong.

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API Cloud Metrics Mobile 48

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 24, 2012

When we said in 1999 that we were internet-based they thought we were a sub-par company. Leadership. What are some industry specific challenges you faced? . When we first started having vendors let us sell their product because they did not know who we were. Now when you say internet company, people take you seriously. Generosity.

Small Business 79

Small Business America Design Internet 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

Privately you all acknowledge that nobody believes in it yet we’re letting our leadership continue to invest our money and reputation on something we know is going to fail because it has no real basis. I sure wish more people would speak up.&# Obviously I got many laughs and applause. .&# Obviously I got many laughs and applause.

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Framework Reputation Global Employee 378

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Our startup was venture funded in 1999 and we didn’t pay enough attention to this advice! By seeing the video, I gained some more understanding of the slides and concepts (which I have read about on your blog). I like your comment on “get liquid in a bubble&#.

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Customer Development Developer Silicon Valley Customer 212

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “ His team calls him “Dangerous Dan” for good reason. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Dan self implodes in a New York minute. It doesn’t matter.

Leadership 113

Leadership New York China Global 113

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. PayPal, under the leadership of David Marcus and Bill Scott, re-defining and re-engineering itself by embracing Lean Startup to improve the product experience.

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Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167