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AI startups continue to dominate investor charts, but we shouldn’t let this overshadow growth in industry verticals 

The Startup Magazine

Since 2003, the BEST Awards have recognized organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through talent development. Said Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO of Ness Digital Engineering, “Talent is at the heart of everything we do, and our continued success depends on empowering our people to grow with the evolving demands of the industry.

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Don’t Roll out the Red Carpet on the Way out the Door

Both Sides of the Table

I think we started working together in 2003 when he was new in the UK from South Africa. When we were acquried by Salesforce.com he went on to be the team technical lead and has steadily performed well there moving up in his role and responsibilities. Ryan is now in his 30’s (old fart).

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006.

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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

The summer of 2003, I started an open-source (Drupal-based) project for the campaign (Deanspace), got a job in the campaign HQ in Burlington, VT, dropped out of school, and had about the most profound professional experience one could at age 19 in 2003. I had to be there. crickets*. What we are doing will look obvious in retrospect.

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When being an “expert” is harmful

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Methods of reaching consumers change every year (compare SEO or AdWords strategies from 2003 and 2010). Industries built around control of information are now out of control (real estate, publishing).

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Another Day, Another Patent Troll

Feld Thoughts

In his 2003 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffet famously called derivatives, “” financial weapons of mass destruction ” that could harm not only their buyers and sellers, but the whole economic system. “

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The Search For the Fountain of Youth – Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Enterprise

Steve Blank

The Quest for Resilience, Gary Hamel / Liisa Valikangas : Sept 2003. - F urther Reading : Harvard Business Review Articles. Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change, Clayton Christensen/Michael Overdorf: March/April 2000. - The Ambidextrous Organization, Charles O’Reilly / Michael Tushman : April 2004.

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