Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Our conversation shifted toward discussing the problems within the podcast industry, specifically podcast apps, and how we might solve those issues. When I started my company in 1996 at the age of 20 years old, I decided to name it after the family farm. Thanks to Robert Brill, BrillMedia.co ! #4- 4- Short form of two words.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. Search —Back in 1996 during the time of the last browser UI innovations, searching the Internet was very different.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

JoAnn and I entered real estate in 1996 when interest rates were almost 9 percent. Have conversations that veer away from business and into “personal” territory? The conversation will likely develop in a surprising direction. I should know. A no is better than a quick yes and a shallow commitment. Take client calls at home?

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Conversely, founding CEOs are excellent at finding, but not maximizing, product cycles. But remember that when Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, he was doing so as the co-founder and CEO of NeXT computer, a marginal computer workstation company which Apple purchased for less than $500M. These innovations are product cycles.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. When you make contact, send them a link to your AngelList profile early on in the conversation. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It is something I talk about often, but mostly with my team members and in one-on-one conversations. Conversations with some of my fellow bloggers (thanks Rafat and Mike) only convinced me that it was time to jump into the deep-end. That conversation ended with two decisions. At GigaOm, we are story tellers. They may [.].

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Relatively recently, conversion optimization specialists have discovered the immense power of experimentation when applied to an online environment in the form of A/B Testing, Usability Testing, and more. Common examples are Revenue and Conversions. Most of the time, this process happens unconsciously and in only a few seconds.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

No more scrawling notes from a phone conversation on a sticky or digging through your overflowing inbox for an email. Zoho has been offering SAAS (software as a service) since 1996 and boasts a huge slate of apps. Keeping track of customer information and conversations doesn’t have to be tedious and frustrating. Need email ?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

At Upfront Ventures, we defined our “shots on goal” strategy based on 25 years of experience (we were founded in 1996): We take board seats and consider ourselves company-builders > stock pickers. Many angels I know have signed over more than their comfort level in just 12 months and then feel stuck.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

But Xerox instead chose to shut XTV down in 1996, despite its external success. We will continue our conversations, and I fully expect that Steve, Alex and I will have more to say about how best to structure and support new ventures inside a large corporation in future posts!

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

” You’ve also gotten that uneasy vibe that they’ll invoke “the customer is always right/I can take my business elsewhere” conversation if you push too hard. Meet the “Everywhere Girl” Back in 1996, Jennifer Anderson posed for a stock photo shoot shortly after graduating college.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 | Software by… [.] Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. “Front-End Developer&# Resume – Awesome. at 4:07 pm [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Palm in a New Market What makes this example really interesting is this: rewind the story 4 years earlier to 1996. In 1996 no potential customer had even heard of a Personal Digital Assistant. In 1996 Palm was selling a product that allowed users to do something they couldn’t do before. Market Type changes everything.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2020

The interview questions Smart and Street recommend are conversational and simple. She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms. The process may be overkill for some smaller remote roles, but the basics of the process provide a solid structure for selecting the top candidates.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The interview questions Smart and Street recommend are easy and conversational. She began her work-at-home career in 1996 with the launch of her first website: Home-Based Working Moms. The process may be overkill for some smaller remote roles, but the basics of the process provide a solid foundation for selecting the right candidate.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2024

No, not 19 2006, not 1996, 2006. I just had a conversation with Phil yesterday and he was telling me that he needs this. (13:53): Phil (01:40): Well, when I started, I had no clue. I remember back in 19 what? When I got started, I was like, well, what the heck is here? But a lot of what you're doing is just talking to people.

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Board Effect

MAY 1, 2019

Compliance with HIPAA laws is something that board trustees should be having conversations with their management staff about. HIPAA is a federal act that Congress passed in 1996 to help patients protect their personal and sensitive information. What Is HIPAA and Why Is It Important?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2025

During our conversation, Bruce shared powerful insights into how Google ranking, AI-generated content, and SEO strategy are evolving in 2025. Chapters: [00:09] Introducing Bruce Clay [00:53] SEO in 1996 [04:47] The Growing Importance of SEO [11:19] How to Create Quality Content for SEO [14:50] Is Zero-Click the End of SEO? [18:59]

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Perhaps the most widely known (and hotly debated) priming study was published by John Bargh in 1996. If you’ve been learning about conversion optimization for long enough (or if you’ve just got great taste in book), you’ve probably read or heard about Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Conclusion.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We asked for feedback about our software and our growth ideas and took part in the conversation. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved.

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 6:01 am Great post!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Our first LPs from 1996 were industry players who put us in business: Carrefour (the large European retailer), DLJ (the former investment bank) and a billionaire software exec. was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We’ve all heard stories about the impact that forms have on conversion rates, like how Expedia made an extra $1 million per year by removing one field on their form or how Marketo received 34% more leads by experimenting with their form length. Multi-Step Forms: How Asking More Questions Can Increase Conversions. Image Source.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Under the Employment Rights Act (1996) your employer must work along with you to try to overcome any arising mental health issue. You can make the conversation less daunting by already coming up with potential suggestions before you start. Understand What Your Right Are.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 → How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 12, 2021

I had launched my first business, a VAR, in 1996. But why, with my technical and service superiority, did they dominate client conversion while I fought for scraps? I felt invisible. Back then the popular three letter acronym for a managed service provider, was Value Added Reseller. Netware 3.12 And so could yours. Different is better.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2021

Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He’s the founder of Capital Factory, a coworking community and accelerator designed to help startups find their first investors, customers and employees.

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Brandanew

APRIL 23, 2018

This report about unpaid housework gets to the point easily: Statistics from the 1996 Census of Population confirm that women continue to do the vast majority of unpaid housework and care-giving, whether or not they work for pay. What a wonderful turnout and great conversations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

And people like me use it to tap into the tech community and get a sense of what’s going on, dive into conversations with friends or random people and build real relationships with people I’ve never or seldom met in person. World leaders use it to break news. Comedians use it to hone their art. Haters gonna hate. I love Twitter.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

I fundamentally believe that having a vibrant bi-directional conversation on a destination you control with policies you set and data you control is not just insurance, it is your duty to your customers. If you can't initiate or participate in conversations, close your account. Identifying their Macro and Micro Conversions and 2.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2021

Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He’s the founder of Capital Factory, a coworking community and accelerator designed to help startups find their first investors, customers and employees.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 11, 2016

with Fred Wilson and Brad Feld which was a delightful conversation between me, Fred , and Jerry Colonna. I first met Fred in the suburbs of Boston at Yoyodyne in 1996. While I was gone, the gang at Reboot put up the Reboot Podcast #45 – What’s Love Got to Do with It?- It was also the first time I met Seth Godin.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

As cognitive load increases, your conversion rate begins to suffer. That research was conducted all the way back in 1996. Needless to say, a site that adds to an already high cognitive load is not good for conversions. via Conversion Uplift). Often, too many choices does not decrease conversions. Option overload.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

It has always seemed like a given that if your conversion rate is slumping, you could fix it by making some adjustments to your forms (e.g. And while making incremental changes to your forms can boost conversion rates in the short-term, what happens when there’s a fundamental shift in the way people prefer to buy? Image Source.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. But the conversation that pursued was a bit sobering. Conversely daily newspapers and blogs can publish your story within days. And I was sitting at my kitchen table working on my juice company. Dave," she says, "I have to tell you something."

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

Here’s what I remember the conversation being. Shortly after that conversation (either the same day or the following day) my partners at Foundry Group (Seth, Jason, and Ryan) all committed to invest in the fund. One day in 2009 David Cohen and I were talking. ” David: “Do you really think I can do that?

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 5, 2016

Between 1996 and 2002 I was co-chairman of Interliant, a company I co-founded with three other people. We were having a causal conversation and I offhandedly said “wow – your wall is dingy.” We had just acquired a company (I don’t remember which one or in which city) sometime in 2000.

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