Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2019

We were lined up together, four jets on the runway packing 128,000 pounds of thrust, and we carried more horsepower than the entire starting lineup of the Indianapolis 500. On top of it, stack all of the related elements and teams: sales, marketing, operations, HR, and administration.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Takeaway : If demand has firm boundaries, aim for geographic dominance. Moats built on efficient scale apply to a small number of businesses, like the aforementioned freight rail operators. Efficient scale moats depend on limited demand and geographic dominance. But demand won’t scale. Efficient scale.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2012

I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. You should also have checklists critical to the operation of your business. It was necessary for them to set aside time to get away from daily business demands to focus strategically. He called them ‘huddles.’

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2013

by Eva McKnight, Formstack Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. It also gives us the ability to sync to multiple devices, so accessing files on-the-go is possible.

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