VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

The Israeli government launched a plan to attract financial services sector firms to Israel in 2010 and is in talks with other international financial services companies that are considering opening financial research centers in Israel. Unemployment fell to 6.1% in January, as the number of Israelis out of work dropped to 189,300.

Israel 79

Israel Java Database Argentina 79

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. . —– When I came to U.C. The final deliverable for that class was a 30-page business plan. Customer Development works outside Silicon Valley.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Silicon Valley Saudi Arabia Lean 120

Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

I was tired of the bureaucracy of government and corporate work along with limited vacation days (my balance was always bouncing off of zero!). With a dream to work for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers as they were childhood inspirations, I moved to Nashville in January 1995 with a goal to represent them both one day… and that day is now!

San Diego 116

San Diego Entrepreneur Software Review Southern California 116

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions. When governments shut down Google, Twitter, Facebook, et al, they are building the 21 st century equivalent of the Berlin Wall.

Internet 304

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 304

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. I’m sure it sounds unbelievable today, but in 1995, Fujitsu was a much bigger company than Apple in those days. And you didn’t need to get permission from the government or corporate gatekeepers. In January 1995, it had around 100 employees.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 22, 2015

To give you some background, I moved to Santa Fe, NM from the East Coast in 1995 to start a company with my older brother. Santa Fe’s anemic economy is due in large part because Santa Fe has an older population made up primarily of retirees in addition to federal, state and local government workers and service-based workers.

New Mexico 70

New Mexico Mexico Technical Review Colorado 70

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. We got to hear many stories of Irish tech successes, meet members of government and business and also have a chance to just chill out over a pint of Guinness or five. Scenes from my counter-top on my last night in Dublin.

Ireland 392

Ireland Global Las Vegas Switzerland 392

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Microsoft did not open a Washington office until 1995. Go take a look at any of the government organizations talking about entrepreneurship and see how many of its leaders or staff actually started a company or a venture firm. Fast forward to today. Or had to make a payroll with no money in the bank.

America 324

America Silicon Valley Washington Startup 324

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This site started in 1995 and has been growing ever since, with a lot of pruning and paring to keep it fresh and relevant. Some of them are nonprofits sponsored by local governments and/or educational institutions, and some are for-profits. . How to get funding. How to pitch to investors. How to manage and grow a business.

Business Plan 82

Business Plan Incubator Software Review Programming 82

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

Yet 72 percent said that the classes they’d taken didn’t adequately prepare them to start a business, and most didn’t think enough support was available from the government and banks. Moreover, 89 percent said that, in light of the new economy and job market, entrepreneurship education was important.

Las Vegas 113

Las Vegas Technical Review Security New York 113

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. (In One could argue that there’s nothing new here, as Internet distibution models started in 1995.

Lean 265

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 265

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2012

Big Government - or Small Business? There are, of course, those who say SEA won’t work, that it’s just another “big government” program. Gerber counters that argument this way: “Government can’t cure all woes. But there are certain things the government can do, like remove barriers." There’s more.

Puerto Rico 149

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Government must intervene to correct market deviations. Applying his research to healthcare, however, Mr. Arrow found “the laissez-faire solution for medicine is intolerable.” A centralized system would be simpler (yeah!), and through economies of scale, cheaper. Image credit: Biography.com ].

Minneapolis 150

Minneapolis Iowa New York City New York 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

I had been living in Europe since the start of 1995, most recently in London. I know we have a budget deficit and as an economic conservative I believe in smaller government. Every government form in England seemed to ask questions about my parents. That was the year I spent July 4th in Tokyo, where I was living for 6 months.

America 290

America South America Honduras Sacramento 290

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2019

The online classified site’s interface has remained mostly unchanged since it debuted in 1995. No one could call Craigslist a beautifully designed website – even in 1995. Let that govern your business practices. The most striking aspect of the Craigslist brand? But, it is functional and user-friendly. This is not an accident.

Design 173

Design Audience Small Business Naming 173

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). Government. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Led By Entrepreneurs.

Community 142

Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This site started in 1995 and has been growing ever since, with a lot of pruning and paring to keep it fresh and relevant. Some of them are nonprofits sponsored by local governments and/or educational institutions, and some are for-profits. . How to get funding. How to pitch to investors. How to manage and grow a business.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Incubator Software Review Programming 60

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality. Our company name was actually Escape The City Streets Mountain Bike Adventures.

Naming 105

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Macedonia 105

Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The US government last shut down in 1995 and 1996. Facebook’s IPO was obviously a debacle, and in the private investment sphere valuations from the seed through late stage have declined for the most part from their peaks in late 2011 through early 2012.

IPO 147

IPO Cloud Valuation Mobile 147

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. Governments, stock exchanges, and industry groups in Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, for example, are very active on gender diversity issues. A mere 5 percent of Tech’s senior executives are women.

Lean 124

Lean Norway Malaysia New Zealand 124

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Since I couldnt bear the thought of programming in another language (this was 1995,remember, when "another language" meant C++) the only option seemedto be to start a new company using Lisp. 4] Corollary: Avoid starting a startup to sell things to the biggestcompany of all, the government. But let someone else start those startups. [5]

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Five years ago, almost no one was talking about cloud – but today it is increasingly strategic for a broad range of industries, for academia, for governments. That’s how I joined the company – when Cisco acquired Grand Junction Networks back in 1995. The “Cloud” is an example of how quickly this industry evolves. billion business.

Cloud 74

Cloud Africa United States Atlanta 74

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The SBDCs are financed by three mostly public sources: the federal government (through the SBA), state governments and local education. I’ve been a regular at the conference since 1995. Details are slightly different from state to state. The fees charged are surprisingly low.

San Antonio 65

San Antonio SBA United States Texas 65

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

Over 85% of CEOs said that going public was not as attractive of an option as it was in 1995. "In our survey of emerging growth company CEOs, 86% of respondents listed accounting and compliance costs as a major concern of going public.

IPO 121

IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I put a development team together, received a grant from the Canadian government, and worked with the University of Victoria to develop an innovative ad network Artificial Intelligence system, and now we’re in business changing the landscape of advertising forever.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

economy and for maintaining competitiveness, 86% of CEOs surveyed said that going public was a less attractive option for businesses today than in 1995. And in an August 2011 survey by the IPO task force of CEOs of companies in both the pre- and post-IPO stage, while every single one agreed a strong IPO market is important for the U.S.

IPO 118

IPO SEC Silicon Valley Startup 118

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1995, Mr. Coyle was tapped by Governor Whitman to manage the day-to-day operations of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Prior to his work with the New Jersey State Government, Mr. Coyle was Managing Director of Coyle & Associates, his own public affairs and communications consulting firm. Government nearly $20 million.

New Jersey 60

New Jersey Egypt Indonesia Government 60

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. 2010 was a year of firming and climbing out of a hole, but the tepid IPO market and general macroeconomic malaise seemed to linger until late in the year (similar to how 1995 felt). But what if it’s actually more akin to 1996?

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2015

This book was written in 1995 and published by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association so the updated subtitle should be “A One Hundred Year Renaissance – 20 Years Later.” So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure.

Community 70

Community Silicon Valley Las Vegas Kansas City 70

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

The Government axed the project shortly after. As late as 1995, Astronomer Clifford Stoll wrote the article entitled Why the Web Won’t Be Nirvana in Newsweek, which includes this unfortunate analysis: . It took the world until 1941 to catch up with Babbage’s original idea after it was killed by skeptics and forgotten by all.

United States 78

United States Analytics Internet Engineer 78

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

The Government axed the project shortly after. As late as 1995, Astronomer Clifford Stoll wrote the article entitled Why the Web Won’t Be Nirvana in Newsweek, which includes this unfortunate analysis: . It took the world until 1941 to catch up with Babbage’s original idea after it was killed by skeptics and forgotten by all.

United States 78

United States Analytics Internet Engineer 78

Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

It means that guys like Mark Cuban were not simply lucky for starting a streaming video company in 1995 and selling it to Yahoo for $6 billion in 1998. ← Startup Failures On The Rise UK Government To Launch VC Fund To Rescue Startups → Comments are closed. Think about that. Bookmark the permalink.

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital Marketing Dilution Government 44

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2016

For twenty years, OFM has provided affordable, quality furniture through a dealer network to businesses, government, health care and educational facilities offering the latest concepts and designs in the furniture industry. Started in 1995, OFM is a family-owned furniture distributor with an eye on consumer satisfaction.

North Carolina 48

North Carolina Mexico Taiwan China 48

Start Up Blog

JUNE 22, 2015

In 1995 $10 of that $100 might have went into getting filmed developed. And no, the Government or your Boss won’t save you, or pay you to learn any of them. In fact, there are currently more than 500,000 app developers in the USA alone. A job that didn’t exist pre smart phone. The money always gets spent, saved or invested.

Curation 48

Curation Social Media SEO Cloud 48

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As I mentioned last week , I just started a new chapter of my career journey as CEO of LRN, a SaaS company based in New York City that provides ethics and compliance education software while advising companies on shaping values-based leadership, cultures and governance as sources of competitive advantage.

New York City 48

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