Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. On multiple occasions I’d get in to the office in the morning and find our CEO (Elon Musk at the time) asleep on the couch in our little product team lounge from the night before.

Startup 100

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 7, 2010

  In fact, after having done a little research, FreshDirect was started in 2002 and now 8 years later is delivering in New Jersey.    In addition, its expansion is still local based-close to its distribution point in Long Island City, NY. 

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In fact, after having done a little research, FreshDirect was started in 2002 and now 8 years later is delivering in New Jersey. In addition, its expansion is still local based-close to its distribution point in Long Island City, NY. This is in stark contrast to WebVan which was the first online grocer.

New Jersey 103

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc. At their core they make products out of expanded PTFE like Gore-Tex. Wait a minute, this conflicts with our existing product line.”

Incubator 331

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Despite its success and growth as a partnership, Party Pieces has maintained its family business model and Carole continues to be involved in the sourcing and developing of new party products. Darius Bikoff, who distributed his enhanced drinks to health food stores, independent retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the New York area.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

So when Lulu started in 2002, so about 20 years ago, we just celebrated our 20th anniversary. And I think you're right, you touched on the advent of technology surrounding publishing, as well as all the different things you can do now as a self-published author, as it relates to, you know, distribution channels.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution. Be Connected & Productive Anywhere, Any Time. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. Toshiba Laptops. We get notebooks.

Arizona 40

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. It’s very important to explain in detail how this engine is designed and how you can scale while maintaining quality and productivity.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48

Transformify

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

No traffic jams, empty streets and closed offices and production plants. Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. Many production plants have stopped working or significantly slowed down as production-related tasks are not something that could be done from home.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

As the CIO, I am constantly looking to improve productivity of my office, and I have created many productivity tools and processes that have saved a lot of money and time since I first started. Teten : I’m not sure I agree, as inevitably some people will look like geniuses in a random distribution of outcomes.

Software Review 114

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Customer personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. You use them to make better marketing, product, and business decisions and to keep your customer top-of-mind when doing so. We planned a series of questions that could aid both product and marketing.

Software Review 115

Software Review Design Agile Analytics 115

ConversionXL

MARCH 7, 2017

User personas are often talked about in marketing and product design, but they’re almost never done well. You use them to make better marketing, product, and business decisions and to keep your customer top-of-mind when doing so. We planned a series of questions that could aid both product and marketing.

Software Review 102

Software Review Design Agile Analytics 102

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. Instead, I wanted to focus on what I knew best — product and editorial strategy.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Takadu’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product enables utility companies to detect leaks, bursts and equipment failures as well as alerting personnel of any problems through email and SMS. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

United Kingdom 96

United Kingdom Austria Global 96

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I found on the internet some beautiful detailed illustration of a cat from the Art Deco period, so that inspired me to simplify the shape of it and create an elegant brand, representing the sophistication of the product. The packaging was displayed at several design exhibitions in Belgrade and picked some local awards.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s a review from Judah Phillips ,, an analytics expert, consultant, and author who wrote Building a Digital Analytics Organization , Digital Analytics Primer , and Ecommerce Analytics : Judah Phillips : “Adobe offers a selection of analytics products named “Adobe Analytics” as part of the “Adobe Marketing Cloud.”

Software Review 48

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Hand reared, growing into a cheeky, unique little character, full of personality and attitude… what better name for our product than ‘Oska. The name for my independent film production company, Corner Piece Productions, was inspired by a motif of puzzle pieces in our first feature, West of Her.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Alexia Tsotsis: Since people like me (millennials) are putting pressure on our IT departments to buy products that we can actually use and aren’t blinded by, what do you think the enterprise space will look like in the next five years? Marc Andreessen: Yeah. So that’s how it started. It became very hard to get businesses to adopt new stuff.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The vast profits that product produced allowed HP in 2002 to buy Compaq, the leading brand of personal computer at the time. Instead of focusing on a single word or concept, they devote many pages explaining how to expand the brand into different products, different markets, different distribution, different price categories.

Silicon Valley 96

Silicon Valley Business Plan Stock America 96

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

As Farhad Manjoo put it in the New York Times : Created in 2002 after the dot-com bubble, Gawker was far from the first online news site; it wasn’t the first blog or the first network of blogs, either. They’d cover a new product or service or innovation or event… if it was newsworthy.

PR 56

PR Social Media Media New York 56

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload is essentially like an AdSense solution for software related products. Omer : In addition, we’re in the field of software distribution so you could say we compete with OpenCandy , etc. AfterDownload : Most of our advertisers have a product to sell.

Networking 111

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload is essentially like an AdSense solution for software related products. Omer : In addition, we’re in the field of software distribution so you could say we compete with OpenCandy , etc. AfterDownload : Most of our advertisers have a product to sell.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Omer : I have been online since 2002. AfterDownload is essentially like an AdSense solution for software related products. Omer : In addition, we’re in the field of software distribution so you could say we compete with OpenCandy , etc. AfterDownload : Most of our advertisers have a product to sell.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

Eric Friedman

APRIL 2, 2008

The culmination of this brainstorming has left me thinking a lot about embeddibility and how the future of applications and software will be distributed. Yahoo has one definition of a widget (specific to their product of course). According to my own timeline, I would say 2002. Distribution networks. What is a widget?

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

IN THIS EDITION Fintech products ease more Americans into the stock market In defense of the IPO, and how to improve it What’s inside your (mobile) bank? Though there is no silver bullet, we are seeing a number of promising approaches catalyzed by fintech products. Thanks for signing up. in addition to home ownership.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Global warming, by accentuating drought and melting glaciers, will have a key impact on water resources distribution and will increase the unbalance. This will happen shortly (3-year horizon) as biofuels and solar energy production costs become cheaper than fossil fuels. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48