Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I’ve worked with Paul since he co-founded Raindance Communications in 1997 and was delighted to quickly lead a seed financing for Orbotix. About halfway through the program Ian, Adam, and Paul started to talk about teaming up – by the end of TechStars Paul had joined as the CEO.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

Netflix launched in 1997 and its service wasn’t appealing to most of Blockbuster’s customers, who rented movies on impulse. Choosing between sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation is not simple. There are practical problems with neglecting either form of innovation.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

from 1997 to 2014. Enterprise takes courage to make ones dreams come true and see possibilities, solutions and opportunities for the future where others see only problems. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pieter was born and raised in South Africa, moving to the UK in 1997. He is husband to Sophie, a medical oncology consultant, and papa to the awesome Amélie & Olivia. Pieter has a passion for Hi-Fi, music, books, single malt whisky and Smoker BBQs, but doesn’t like wearing shoes much.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. In the first of a new series talking to tech industry leaders about what shaped them as entrepreneurs and the lessons they’ve learned in their careers, we speak to Netflix co-founder and CEO, Reed Hastings.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

” I remember a moment in time in 1997. The post The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or … appeared first on Feld Thoughts. As many of the Cylons from BSG are fond of saying, “All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.” It was the first VC fund I’d helped raise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to Fox Business , women-owned businesses have increased 68% since 1997, running more than 9.1 Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs. million businesses in 2014.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 12, 2018

Warner was one of the pioneers of the internet startup scene — starting online in 1997 and growing his business into a multi-million dollar venture. Warner was one of the pioneers of the internet startup scene — starting online in 1997 and growing his business into a multi-million dollar venture.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Netflix launched in 1997 and its service wasn’t appealing to most of Blockbuster’s customers, who rented movies on impulse. Choosing between sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation is not simple. There are practical problems with neglecting either form. Incumbent businesses often neglect disrupters because the process can take time.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates. Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

As you may remember, I was lucky enough to have recieved, at your hands, the beating I so richly deserved back in 1997 while at ONETOUCH Systems. Reply Ken Chow , on June 18, 2009 at 12:13 pm Said: Steve, What a joy to see you finally sharing all your terrific stories and aphorisms in this blog. Just so you know, it helped immeasurably.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. Click here to buy tickets. Corporate University Xchange.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

But, “Dilemma” first came out in 1997, and I think we need to acknowledge how companies which. I am a big fan of Clayton Christensen’s “Innovator’s Dilemma”. and his other writings. My blogs and books similarly celebrate disruptors and innovators.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup.

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Diego Basch

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

I learned about it from a case study for my Software Project Management class in 1997, what follows is my summary ( original here , or Google it). Not many people know the story of what would become one of the most widely used software products ever.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2012

By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2018

In 1997, Glen co-founded Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc., He stayed on as a shareholder and board member until the company was sold in 2017. The experience is something Glen calls “A classic example of investing in great people with great ideas who have the motivation to succeed.”.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

It was 1997 if memory serves me right. Doug Burgum, then CEO of Great Plains (now part of Microsoft) used his entire keynote at the annual Stampede user event to talk about the story of an English clockmaker, John Harrison.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

In 1997 we hired an NYU undergrad to create a better bplans.com site, focusing on business planning and especially publishing sample plans. Businessplan.com had already been registered, but bplans.com was, so I registered it. I did the earliest bplans.com sites myself, in my spare time, while running a company growing about 50% per year.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., While most people will think of companies such as Facebook and Amazon, GoDaddy.com is actually one of the greatest successes in recent history.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. Today, almost 40 percent of the nation’s privately held companies are owned by women, and women launch an average of 1,000 businesses per day.

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deal architect

JUNE 8, 2012

I first met Larry Ellison, briefly, in 1997. I have watched him infuriate competitors, drive analysts to drink, generate more quips than all boring tech execs put together. Over those 15 years I have also learned to look beyond his.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It was 1997. Gartner used to publish an annual poster which rated systems integrators/outsourcers by industries, by geographies, by technologies, and other competencies. It was a large wall hanger with many rows and columns, and many analysts, including me, had.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Many people believe that Steve Jobs did not become a recognized business leader until after his return to Apple in 1997, when he became more visible, changed his business style, and focused on communicating the big picture, rather than product development. Build relationships with known business leaders.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

That said, only three of these companies are software technology companies - TripAdvisor ($12.5B), athenahealth ($5.0B) and Starent ($2.8B) - and they were founded in 2000, 1997 and 2000, respectively. In other words, there have been no multi-billion dollar valued tech companies founded in Boston in the last 13 years. 2004), Kayak ($1.8B/2004)

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2012

Since its founding by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997, Google has grown from a simple search engine to the huge Internet giant it is today. In fact, Google owns so many web assets that many would argue the company is on the path to dominating the online world, challenged only by the might – and popularity – of Facebook.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2013

A recent American Express OPEN study shows that women-owned businesses are playing a significant role in job creation (second only to publicly traded companies) and that the number of women-owned businesses has increased by 59 percent since 1997. In fact, you may even be trading in a 60-hour work week for an 80-hour work week.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Rogue Wave’s fall began during Java’s rise to power in 1997-8. In short, people loved their product and Rogue Wave prospered accordingly. The problem was, Rogue Wave loved their product too much. When everyone took notice of Java and abandoned C++ in droves, Rogue Wave’s revenues plummeted.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2015

A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. Forging deeper emotional connections with consumers, strong brands help communities to build a common identity.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2020

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. Christensen changed the trajectory of my career and was the guide star for my work on innovation. I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening. Christensen, writing for a corporate audience, explained that there were two classes of products – sustaining and disruptive.

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Diego Basch

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

When I first got there in 1997, I was taken aback by what I perceived as a display of wealth on campus. However, I did feel that creating local jobs and spreading some lessons learned in Silicon Valley provided a sort of return on the taxpayer money spent on me. With Carnegie Mellon, it’s a different story.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

from 1997 to 2014. Enterprise takes courage to make ones dreams come true and see possibilities, solutions and opportunities for the future where others see only problems. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. I remember this lesson well.

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