Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

It’s how Cory Van Wolvelaere changed my life: In 1993, after working at Andersen Consulting for 2.5 I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). He asked for nothing.

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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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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Anonymity is the new black: You may remember in the early commercial web era – post 1993, we all had alias names and emails before we felt comfortable enough to convert to our actual human self on line. I guess it’s now just a stage in the evolution of human communication. We could regard this as evidence of its permanence.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As such, they regularly allow themselves to be demeaned, overworked and treated like disposable pawns in the name of making ends meet. Additionally, workers often face harassment in response to taking medical leave, even when it’s covered under The 1993 Family Medical Leave Act. Since the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2020

We worked closely together for seven years before selling the company in 1993 to a public company called Sage Alerting Systems, which renamed itself Sage Technologies and then finally AmeriData Technologies. The photo above is from Dave’s office at 155 Federal Street around 1991.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

It was initially named Martin’s Free House, before changing its name to Wetherspoon earlier the following year. The following year, the first airport pub was opened in Heathrow and in the same year they were also named J D Wetherspoon plc, opening their 50 th pub. The company’s chains initially only expanded in North London.

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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.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

7 years later, in 1993, Tom Siebel thought that Oracle (the company where he was employed) could have sold the internal sales application as a standalone product. His name was Mark Benioff (another former Oracle Executive) and in 1999 he had the pleasure to introduce the business world the first CRM in Cloud. All manual operations.

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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. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. of the ~6 million companies in the U.S. have less than 500 people and they employ 50% of the 121 million workers getting a paycheck. Serendipity.

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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. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things.

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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 internet was created in 1983, and people said the same thing about it in 1993. I’ve been a technologist since I first played with an Apple ][+ with a lower case chip. In the mid 1990s I knew that the internet was a game-changing technology.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. I am naming your car ‘La Bamba.’”

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

In 1993 I was the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization Boston Chapter and member #1. You present to a group of judges including Warren (MAK Technologies), Rich Farrell (Full Armor), Clark Waterfall (Boston Search Group), and Michael Hackel (DiningIN) who are all EO Boston members.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Names like Stephen Elop of Nokia, John Donahue of eBay, and internal candidates (Satya Nadella, Steven Sinofsky, et al) are mentioned. Remember Lou Gerstner ran American Express before taking the helm at IBM in 1993. Want names? The path to being awesome in something would look roughly like this.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 6, 2014

I learned this in 1993 when my first company was acquired by Len Fassler and Jerry Poch, two of the absolute master deal makers I’ve ever worked with. My name is Chet Kittleson and I’m a human. The each taught me so much about this, by first being people, then dealmakers.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2014

For over two decades, Moe’s Tavern has gone through various name changes and redesigns as Moe attempted to make his business more profitable. Running for 11 seasons (1982-1993), Cheers certainly isn’t the longest running TV show on this list. Cheers – Cheers. However, its cultural impact remains unmatched.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

I’d sold my first company, Feld Technologies, in 1993. If Anchor Point rings a bell to you, it’s because it’s the name of our foundation (the Anchor Point Foundation) and we’ve done some really fun things with it such as the Anchor Point Fellows Program at Wellesley College.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The name kind of says it all. By 1987 I was regularly using faxes and Federal Express (the only overnight mail I was aware of), but a mobile phone and email didn’t really show up until around 1993 for me. I started my first real company in 1987. The pace of things was incredible.

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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). On Tuesday, we realized that we have made several investments yesterday that have a concept in common – that of raving fans. The message rang true for me then and still does today.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. Because I’d made a name for myself as an innovative marketer in consumer financing, I was then recruited by GE, which still had a consumer finance brand at the time called GE Money. Your first big innovation was also a huge cultural moment.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

1993 ; Moriarty & Scheiner, 1984 ; Poulton, 1965 ; Coghill, 1980) ). Sassoon, 1993 ; Rubinstein, 1988 ). They point out that of 123 statements about typography in Burt’s book, only three – 3 – were either supported by data or by reference to named sources (Rooum, 1981; Hartley and Rooum, 1983; in Lund, 1995 ).

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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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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

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. Peter: John, what if I built my website in 1993 and maybe it’s due for an update? You built your website in 1993? They actually come in from interior pages.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Bill Gates at the Smithsonian Institute , circa 1993: Face it — the staggering majority of startup companies won’t wind up enjoying Microsoft’s level of international success; but that doesn’t mean they can’t pick up more than a few bits of solid advice from the corporation’s founder. Chuck Feeney at RTE Radio 1 , Jan.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

It 1993, I sold my first company, Feld Technologies, to a company called Sage Alerting Systems (which, after several name changes, became AmeriData Technologies.) I can’t remember the name but it was a funky place I went to all the time. A new guy I hadn’t heard of yet named Jerry LeBow came in.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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. Others took several years, but they all ended up with those things. Wait, did I miss fame? In Massachusetts for example, there are 82,007 millionaires.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I’ve been running my own business since 1993, and there have been many instances where I’ve thought of a product or service that did not exist, and I simply jumped in and created it. Required fields are marked * Comment Name *. Hi, my name is Gresh (Gresham), and this is CBNation.co. business name. Check Also.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In 1993, Word 6.0 Realize also that the Creative Suite is, as the name implies, a suite of integration applications – 15 major ones and many smaller utilities. I don’t think these stories have ever been shared publicly before, and they are stories that I believe deserve to be told. WORD FOR MAC – Martina Lauchengco.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

So here goes… My given name is Cibicue Gerardo Perez. Ok, so after I tell people my name, almost always, like clockwork, comes the inevitable question… How did you get a name like that and what does it mean? Hence the name monsterleo. Thank you cS! Well, the short answer is, it’s my dad’s fault.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

So here goes… My given name is Cibicue Gerardo Perez. Ok, so after I tell people my name, almost always, like clockwork, comes the inevitable question… How did you get a name like that and what does it mean? Hence the name monsterleo. Thank you cS! Well, the short answer is, it’s my dad’s fault.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Hi there, my name is Angus and I’m 30 … Although the name might imply, I actually don’t have much connection to Scotland. Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. Angus lives and works in London, England. Please tell us about yourself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Hi there, my name is Angus and I’m 30 … Although the name might imply, I actually don’t have much connection to Scotland. Design fees are at a 1993 level, despite salary increases and operation costs. Angus lives and works in London, England. Please tell us about yourself.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Ben & Jerry’s is a quirky ice cream company that’s best known for its creatively-named flavors and outspoken political advocacy. Bikoff’s small business came about after the 1993 water contamination scare, in which he wanted to provide a sanitary and flavorful alternative to bottled spring water.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd - 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. Make it unique.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 17, 2024

Our motto is “relax, indulge, explore” and our business name Fjaka, means to have a siesta or a nice chilled-out rest, which we feel embodies our reason for starting the business – to give a well-rounded experience of culture, food, adventure and a bit of a party, but not every night! Thanks to Mark Sadaka, Sadaka Law ! #26-

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