Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

The good news is that corporations have access to resources and capabilities that most startups can only dream of , whether it is free cash flow, a strong brand, a vibrant supply chain, strong distribution, a skilled sales force, and so on. But Xerox instead chose to shut XTV down in 1996, despite its external success.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. So from day one, my knowledge about how to do a startup was zero. They may [.].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

This is great for something like a huge DHT or a distributed work queue. I just dont comment. :) Steve, The term was in active use in 1996 in the MMO world, which predates Googles founding. Consistent hashing has the property that only a small number of entries need to be remapped when a node is added or removed.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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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. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. 2 Rob on 03.12.09 4 Rob on 03.13.09

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” I think now people are just finding ways to distribute audio content, and to me, the beauty of it is the portability, like you just mentioned. Lance Cummins: You’re going to love this.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

That wasn't my intention in 1996. John Jantsch (17:05): We're completely distributed as, as well. Like what a great way to meet people, solve my own problem here and try running a business. And I have a vision that it would become as big as it has. I just wanted to do something fun and help people and connect and play.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

I’m looking for two types of feedback: (1) comments on the syllabus and (2) suggestions for web services to use to package this content up for broader distribution. Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 1996 – 2010. Following is a first draft of a syllabus. Entrepreneurial Communities.

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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. If you’re working closely with partners who are helping you distribute your product, it’s especially important to make sure they understand who you are, how you speak, and who you serve.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Energy Brands was founded in 1996 by J. Darius Bikoff, who distributed his enhanced drinks to health food stores, independent retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the New York area. The idea took off and Bikoff responded to the success by expanding the drinks to national distribution. billion.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia.    More importantly, will there be any grand slam venture capital opportunities in wireless?    I learned a lot from that investment. 

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 22, 2011

I’m an infopreneur who uses the Internet as a medium for distributing and monetizing information. I built my first website in 1996. An infopreneur is an “information entrepreneur&# , someone who turns words (or more specifically, information) into income – in a number of innovative ways.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 4, 2012

So lots of companies went public - 1,272 of them from 1990 to 1996 - and Wall Street was very much about "long" promotion of companies' growth potential and as "analog" distributors of their stocks. Compare that to today's financial markets.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. developing techniques to effectively manage distributed teams and cut through cultural barriers: Focus on culture from day one. So how do Israeli ventures scale up?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia.    More importantly, will there be any grand slam venture capital opportunities in wireless?    I learned a lot from that investment. 

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Technically, this article was published in 2011, but that should not stop it from being further distributed. I also understand he may have “edited” one of my favorite longreads of all time, Brian Arthur’s Increasing Returns and the Two Worlds of Business from HBR in 1996. Is Sugar Toxic, by Gary Taubes (New York Times Magazine).

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. Many people know Akamai as the purveyor of the Internet’s backbone.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) wherein all network participants can have separate copies of the entire record of transactions on the network. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 trillion by 2025, about 5% of the world’s wealth. Transaction Processing. Headcount.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

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. Specifically, they wouldn’t give up their stranglehold on distribution and the value they placed on owning the recording.

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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

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

percent of new entrepreneurs in 1996 and that by 2014, this number had fallen to just 5.6 These resources offer a range of educational and mentoring programs covering everything from financial management and basic business accounting to branding, marketing, distribution, and expansion. armed forces.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Valve is a game developer corporation that started in 1996, making such electronic games as Alien Swarm and Left 4 Dead. It’s long been taboo for vendors to access suppliers’ factories and distribution centers. The only correct approach is the one that works for them. That’s right!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you’re a baker, consider debuting your wares at local farmers’ markets before seeking grocery distribution; if you’re a designer, sell hand-made prototypes on Amazon or Etsy marketplaces. For more entrepreneurial insights, watch this video about Crafting a Unique Value Proposition for your business.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. After a little bit of digging through old backups, I found a folder with drafts of a couple of my old articles/paper from 1996. Sunday, May 05, 1996.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. After a little bit of digging through old backups, I found a folder with drafts of a couple of my old articles/paper from 1996. Sunday, May 05, 1996.

Caching 73

Caching Java .Net Networking 73

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic. Thank you Sabrina.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. We believed this thing would be able to unlock a multi-product distribution and really strengthen the business mode. Here is the full YouTube — Please enjoy this episode: How to Scale Unicorns. David Zhang. We’re a crossover fund. That’s not what we do.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. cents or 6.25

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aweissman.com

APRIL 14, 2010

Indeed you can still see today he uses the same modified AOL logo he used back then: As a platform, this worked precisely because AOL provided the two key components every platform must deliver to create value: distribution , and monetization. AOL offered distribution through its thousands and then millions of users. Until it didnt.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

At the time of its launch, the name “cisco” was also confusingly similar to SYSCO, the $20B food distribution company. Readily Pronounceable – A name’s proper accent should be obvious, as made painfully clear in the 1996 Tom Hank’s Movie, “That Thing You Do!”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

For those too young to remember perhaps the best known of this era came in 1996 and was known as Dancing Baby , a strange, animated gif of — you guessed it. A few years ago Jonah acquired Ze Frank’s video production company and the two of them have really built an enormous video production & distribution business.

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