1994 Business Model Cofounder 
The Next Web
JANUARY 27, 2013
One of the things I found most valuable from participating in the Founder Institute was a lesson about the Golden Circle by Simon Sinek. Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) One of the darkest moments as an entrepreneur for me was to have co-founders leave the company.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” This isn’t correct either. A good example is Symantec. Taking all five at once is crazy.
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Reid Hoffman
MARCH 9, 2021
Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. Looking back, I believe that Jeff is one of most iconic, successful founders and CEOs of all time. That’s a statement of business innovation, not technological innovation.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 7, 2010
The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Card,” which has been published annually since 1994, grades Central Bank governors of 30 key countries, and the ECB, according to an “A” to “F” scale for their performance and success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.
abovethecrowd.com
OCTOBER 17, 2013
The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore. This is business model nirvana.
Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2015
One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. Petraeus’ situation proved that it’s not a good idea to mix business with pleasure—it’s as simple as that! Originally only available in Virgin cinemas and on their planes, the market shares for the drink peaked at only 0.5%
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 2, 2018
Jacob went from intern to our head of marketing in Europe and today he is the co-founder and CEO of Wisecrack , a company we are proud to be backers of. minute long interview with Steve Jobs from 1994 has been floating around the Web recently and I love it. But I digress. Our founding fathers were very ambitious entrepreneurs.
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