Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. And I think this is sometimes missed by those who run to quickly to greener pastures. The things you learn in tough environments. No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Software Review Hiring Stock Options 285

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? 28:00 Nate discusses his partnership with the company Science, run by Mike Jones. 30:30 Mike Jones is one of the five most prolific angel investors in southern California.

Southern California 279

Southern California Detroit Los Angeles California 279

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

When I trained for the London Marathon in 2003 I bought a Nike device that I put on my shoe that measured my distance and pace via my Nike watch. There are some competitors in the market such as MyZeo , but I love my wife too much to wear a headband to bed. Measuring my daily activity. Next up for me is measuring my daily activities.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Alabama Silicon Valley 278

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 15, 2011

As someone who spent two years in 2003 and 2004 in NYC selling technology to Wall St trading firms and having my friends and clients wonder what this whole startup thing was about and why I was "wasting" my career doing this after doing a fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University it is great to see how vibrant the NY Startup community has become.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 128

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). When you bring them up you take the issue off the table. I can’t say that they’ll get over the issue, but they won’t hold it against you for not bringing it up. Small story.

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Due Diligence Flash Strategic Investors 264

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. The fallacy here is that you can copy what I did and get a customer. The truth is that even I cannot copy what I did to get my first customer. At Smart Bear, for example, I got my first 50 customers through AdWords. I bought ads for $0.05/click click and competed with no other advertisers.

Customer 279

Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

He founded software development company Logic Software in 2000, followed by Easy Projects in 2003, with the aim to enable project managers to create, manage and update projects quickly and easily. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has managed dozens of software development projects.

Artificial Inteligence 168

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Developers 168

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

In a rigorous study, Howard Aldrich, Martin Ruef, and Nancy Carter found that entrepreneurs pick founding team members based on trust and people who are similar to them, not based on identifying people with the most-needed skills (see the 2003 paper).

Hiring 138

Hiring Technical Review Affiliate Audience 138

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). The best yet is to raise money from them for a good cause – then you’re SURE to run it (commitment). Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

But when I came into an international environment and I managed 500, 800 and 1000 people in 2003, however, it was a sad year. Our company used a complex system to measure leadership and my leadership index was 93 of 100, which was like running a religious cult. Life was beautiful. My leadership index dropped to 27.

Leadership 206

Leadership Social Media Technical Review Asia 206

David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

In a rigorous study, Howard Aldrich, Martin Ruef, and Nancy Carter found that entrepreneurs pick founding team members based on trust and people who are similar to them, not based on identifying people with the most-needed skills (see the 2003 paper).

Hiring 128

Hiring Technical Review Affiliate Audience 128

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer.

Semantic 302

Semantic Valuation Acquisition Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis Technical Review 285

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2019

Since 2003, Chris Makara has developed a broad digital marketing background with a focus on SEO, Social Media, Automation and Analytics. Stop doing things the long way and start doing them the smart way. And with the help of these six tools, you can build a social media marketing strategy that’s both efficient and effective.

Social Media 200

Social Media Media Startup Design 200

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I thought we got rid of that s**t in 2003? Convertible Notes Also Can Have Multiple Liquidation Preferences. Are there any other things I should worry about in a convertible note? I mean, I had no idea that they had full ratchets. Well, they also have a term that is one of the most hated by entrepreneurs.

Ratchet 354

Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In 2003, another CMS, called WordPress, came into play, and with its plugin architecture, WordPress quickly won the hearts of the development community. You would install CMS on your server, select the template and have a site done in an hour. However, those templates were usually ugly and limited.

PHP 143

PHP Management HTML Framework 143

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0 Alex Bangash is the founder of Trusted Insight, an institutional investor marketplace and social network for Alternatives, and Rumson, an adviser to institutional investors focused on venture capital and emerging markets.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

In a webcast conversation, Lean Startup for Growing Companies , Eric Ries will talk with two Lean Startup Conference speakers: Wyatt Jenkins, VP of Product at Shutterstock , a stock photo site that has become one of the world’s largest two-sided marketplaces, and has expanded since its founding in 2003 from a single development team to 12 cross-functional (..)

Lean 167

Lean Startup Software Engineering Engineer 167

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

It compares a 2013 smart phone (an iPhone) to what you had to carry just 10 years earlier (in 2003) to have some of the same tools (camera, video, music, etc.). The image above puts into perspective how much power we have in our pockets with a smart phone. 19f33u7.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Emmanuel de Watteville, General Partner and Co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, has been part of the startup ecosystem since 2003. However, making an investment and waiting out the startup’s development and success will prove to be worthwhile, assuming an investor assessed said startup thoroughly.

Early Stage 160

Early Stage Cofounder Startup Security 160

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Fred Wilson is a widely known blogger and Venture Capitalist who’s been publishing posts daily since 2003. AVC’s MBA Mondays | Fred Wilson. So, while his presence on this list may be a little perplexing, it’s only because you need to know about one thing, and one thing only: MBA Mondays.

Software Review 168

Software Review Intellectual Property Montana Technical Review 168

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange, 2003). The entry of tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, and Intel into the world renders NASDAQ ‘The Mecca of Technology Companies.’ ’ Its valuation is $13.8 Trillion overall. Often identified as the Tokyo Stock Exchange, TYO, and T?sh?, the TSE is in Tokyo, Japan.

Stock 111

Stock Initial Public Offering New York China 111

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I’m talking Tom Watson at the British Open or Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. In this post I want to tell you how I embrace my losses and what I think you can learn from them. But first I’d like to start with a story.

Software Review 151

Software Review Technical Review Silicon Valley France 151

The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. Taking the safe career option, the regular job, the job that pays the bills, is admirable. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. It scares them to try. The bottom of the graph is literally crowded with European nations!

Europe 163

Europe South Korea San Francisco Portugal 163

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. You find out those that have the fortitude to work out a new way forward, who can handle recapitalizations or downsizing or shutting down business lines or hiring whole new teams.

South Korea 150

South Korea Italy Recapitalization Germany 150

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

One of the most touching anecdotes from Jordan’s career was described as follows by Bryan Toporek in BleacherReport.com’s “Celebrating Michael Jordan’s 50th Birthday with His Top 50 Career Moments” : All weekend leading up to the 2003 All-Star Game, Michael Jordan kept refusing his teammates’ offers to give up their starting spots for him.

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Jordan Chicago Affiliate New York 178

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2020

Photo Credit: Maxine Ramirez. As an entrepreneur in the digital marketing world, Facebook is a big part of my digital strategy for both my own business and my clients.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur St. Louis Technical Review Mobile 149

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

days in 2001-2003. Glassdoor reports that since 2009, interview processes have grown from 3.3 days and data from DHI Hiring Indicators shows that the average job opening remained unfilled for 28.1 days on average in 2016 which is an increase from 19.3 That is why it is critical for companies to build what is called a deep virtual bench.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence B2B Reputation Hiring 113

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. “No

Dominican Republic 100

Dominican Republic Global San Francisco Arizona 100

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 24, 2020

I loved seeing his promotion of companies that vaporized by 2003. Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World : I pondered 2040 some during the week (Mario Cantin must have planted that seed in my mind) so I decided to time travel back to 2000 and read what George Gilder wrote.

Silicon Valley 119

Silicon Valley Technical Review Bandwidth New York 119

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. What follows are solely his opinions. Eric) In a bar in Amsterdam in 2005, my two cofounders and I came to the sad conclusion that startup we tried to built for two years was doomed.

Continuous Deployment 164

Continuous Deployment Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Francisco 164

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Don’t ignore headlines – they can be very powerful and can mean the difference between a visitor reading the rest of the content and leaving your site. Keep the content fresh and current.

Web 123

Web Small Business Design SEM 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Don’t ignore headlines – they can be very powerful and can mean the difference between a visitor reading the rest of the content and leaving your site. Keep the content fresh and current.

Web 122

Web Small Business Design SEM 122

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

Ted Spooner’s 22 years of broad experience in financial services, technology, digital entertainment and healthcare IT led him to co-found RespondWell in 2003. Add members to your team that have experience in your new industry and expand your presence in the market with resources like industry accelerator programs like StartUp Health.

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Early Stage Lean Revenue Business Model 100