Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2023 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2018

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. Today it’s North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website, with millions of visitors to the site each month and partnerships with more than 17,000 animal shelters, pet rescue groups, humane societies and shelters.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Since at least 2007, Austin has been the fastest growing metro area in America. Austin, in many ways, shows the promise and the problem in America. Austin has shed some of the innocence of its youth as a city circa 1970 through 2000 and replaced it with socio-economic stratification and segregation of its growth, post-2000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 433

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2020 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

Work Better Now is a virtual assistant company providing remote professionals from Latin America for US and Canadian-based small and mid-sized businesses. 09:46] Do you find that there is a difference in work ethic and culture that exists in Latin America that maybe doesn’t exist everywhere? [12:51] John Jantsch (06:32): Right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2022

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to the latest Kaufman Startup Activity Index , entrepreneurs are making an unprecedented comeback in America, with data showing the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

Everybody agrees that, without meaningful job growth, America will not emerge from its current deep economic funk. Conclusion: If we don’t fix the IPO problem in America, we will not fix the job problem in America. There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He says that while the cost of hiring an engineer in Israel is nearly the same as in America, there are taxes and overhead that don’t exist in America, making it harder to compete in Israel. At the beginning of the year 2000, there were 133 venture capital firms in Israel, today there are less than 30.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180M in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents.

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Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 241

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Like I had back in my real estate days, cuz I used to do a ton of now we're talking about the stone ages, you know, the early 2000, but I did a lot of postcard mailouts and radio advertising and print advertising and so on and all. Based in Latin America with incredible English proficiency and business experience, Get $150.00

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2018

Purchasing my inn coincided with the purchase of Nations Bank by Bank America. When 9/11 happened, we had finished our most profitable year in 2000. A business community with diversity. Sports, industry, healthcare, arts, and leisure all make for good tourist and business traffic. An area with attractions and beaches.

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Florida CPA Dallas America 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 276

Start Up Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Growing up as a child in the 1980s, America was the land of milk and honey, where dreams came true. I just assumed one day I’d move to America. In the mid 1970s at the peak of the space race, the proportion of ‘Flat Earthers’ in America was less than two percent. In the year 2000 this number was 30.4%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2019

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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Merger Leadership Affiliate America 233

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. Stunning map of America’s bike lanes – [link]. Top 50+ Infographic Tools for Creating Attractive Visuals – [link]. Designers: 9 Mistakes To Avoid For Successful Pitches! – [link]. A New Collection of Unusual Business Cards - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The top 40 startup accelerators and incubators in North America in 2018 ” But don’t expect incubators to magically convert your pre-hatched idea into a successful company. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Incubator Silicon Valley North America Small Business Administration 218

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America. and Dave McClure.

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Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There’s never been a better time to do so— home health care is one of the largest growing industries , not just in North America, but around the globe. percent in 2000 to 19.6 In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. See Also: Business Startup Checklist. population.

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North America United States Technical Review America 95

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. People with whom you’re dealing come and go, especially if you’re chasing corporate America. Just realize that if you are going to play the tech startup game in any way other than as a tourist, dare I say you need “to be disturbed.” (Yes, Do the math.

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Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

The early 2000’s was also when the likes of legendary serial entrepreneurs Musk, Branson, and Jeff Bezos founded their own space tourism companies. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin. Shepard, America’s first astronaut, Blue Origin’s spacecraft is known as the New Shepard. Named after Alan B.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I know because I did this in early 2000. At one company I work with it’s clear that our target user today is youth-oriented and middle America as opposed to 20-something and Silicon Valley or New York. We rushed to market to be first and got great coverage in the Financial Times (we were in London).

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Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Nereyda loves to travel and has been lucky enough to live, work and study abroad in Europe and Latin America.

Colombia 49

Colombia Texas Startup Arlington 49

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Ad agencies are discovering products like Columbus discovered America - [link]. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up - [link]. Good discussion about the tension between being a maker and manager … Becoming A Boss - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

The Startup Magazine

JULY 14, 2019

Since the site formed in 2000, they’ve paid out well over £50 million in extra cash to their users in return for their feedback, so they aren’t short on money- and they aren’t shy about giving it out to you either. If you live in America there’s a US version and a UK version for citizens from across the pond.

America 133

America Video Security Naming 133

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

These small business are each a shining example of the power of free enterprise and the opportunities it can create for America’s doers and dreamers. Each of the finalists will be honored for contributing to America’s economy while driving growth and creating job opportunities in their respective locations. Donohue, U.S.

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Small Business New York Denmark America 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The biggest thing I wanted, though, my greatest desire, was to go to America. I loved America. I had come to America with a goal of earning $800 a week. Thirteen months after arriving in America, I was well on my way to owning my own business. It was the worst housing crash in the history of America!

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America Florida New York New York City 100

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre [Silicon Valley] –> Itself an outgrowth of the venture investing arm of the original Bank of America (based in SF), Merrill Pickard backed many startups that ultimately went public.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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Leadership Founder Startup Merger 265

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

So I left Corporate America and started my own agency. So I went home to my comfortable 2000 square foot UWS apartment and thought, what can I do myself, from home, and still make a good living. Six years ago I realized that traveling 3-4 weeks a month got me a successful six-figure career, but it kept me away from my daughters.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2017

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

Leadership 158

Leadership Merger Affiliate America 158

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

John (04:23): Yeah, we had a 2000 page site that we did just that to 1400 pages and immediately lifted their results. Work better now provides outstanding talent from Latin America, hand matched to your business with over 40 roles across various industries, including marketing. John (12:29): And now a word from our sponsor.

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SEO ChatGPT Technical Review Search 60