thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. Jalak means glimpse and is a word in Hindi (it’s not a traditional name) and has provided much entertainment to taxi drivers in Mumbai, camel drivers in the Rajasthani desert and countless others.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. His name is Alex Lawrence. Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. Serendipity.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It’s a competition for entrepreneurs under 40 with businesses between $100k / year and $1m / year in revenue. In 1993 I was the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Boston Chapter and member #1. In 1993 I was the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Boston Chapter and member #1.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2018

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I named my lifestyle brand ‘Urban Spinster’ because I am an African-American woman who is single, never married over age 30.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

We were introduced in the spring of 1993 by Jim Galvin, CEO of Allcom, which had just been acquired by Len’s company Sage Alerting Systems. It took a while for me and my partner Dave Jilk to decide to do it, but we closed the sale in November 1993. Under the terms, he signed his name. Len was my Yoda. I loved him deeply.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 19, 2014

Here’s the quick story: in 1993, we founded our first company, Pinpoint Technologies, which grew from a basement startup to a successful multinational company with $50 million in annual sales and over 250 employees. The reason we started Techstars together was based on our experiences together.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

I first thought of raving fans when I read Ken Blanchard’s book by the same name in 1993 when I was CEO of Feld Technologies (my first company). I had a call yesterday with another entrepreneur running a company that we passed on the seed round. The message rang true for me then and still does today.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Each week we discuss the latest news, resources and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. If you’re an eCommerce site, your category page or your product page is much more likely entrance into your site than them just typing in your domain name. You built your website in 1993? Jonathan: Now why is that?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2010

As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company , coming up with a great company name for your new small business or startup can be challenging and time consuming. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2010

As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company , coming up with a great company name for your new small business or startup can be challenging and time consuming. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 17, 2024

We asked some entrepreneurs what their story is. As an entrepreneur, I wanted to control my work & create a platform for my creativity to thrive. 26- After an inability to transfer a job Photo Credit: Don Shields I started the business that became Geelong Insurance Brokers on the 10th of December 1993.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. I hope you’ll enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2018

In 1997 I founded an internet company named Perficient, and it went public in 1999. The dawn of the internet age was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a technology entrepreneur. The internet was created in 1983, and people said the same thing about it in 1993. I never thought I would see an opportunity like that again.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

Became tenured professor of economics at Harvard at age 28, where he first started mentoring a young undergraduate named Sheryl Sandberg, who ultimately became his chief of staff at the US Treasury. Undersecretary for International Affairs and then Deputy Treasury Secretary for President Clinton between 1993 and 1999.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I thought it was a great description and encourage every entrepreneur who has never been through the sale of a company to read it. It 1993, I sold my first company, Feld Technologies, to a company called Sage Alerting Systems (which, after several name changes, became AmeriData Technologies.)

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Entrepreneur. Home / Inspiration / 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I know more than a dozen entrepreneurs who have spent a great deal of time and effort working on their respective businesses. Well, there are plenty of millionaires whose names you don’t know. I can name perhaps 3 millioniares who live in Massachusetts whom I know personally. Wait, did I miss fame? Probably not.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

The remaining company kept the Hewlett Packard name and focussed on computers. IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. If you drop the sentimentality, a company is a merely a brand-name for a historical context.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Make it unique.

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