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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I asked what the audience most needed to hear. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That asset class need not represent the broader market.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. Case Foundation didn’t have a website until 2005, although founded 1997. Audience questions: Q: When is a startup no longer a startup?

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" 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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Who’s Your Daddy? 5 Lessons from GoDaddy

Growthink Blog

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., Growing from a small start up to a multi-billion dollar company, it has proven it is expert at predicting future trends, understanding its intended audience, and delivering on what it promises.

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Clayton Christensen

Steve Blank

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

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

A social translation program is one way you can make your website more accessible to a global audience for less. Each UX designer will present their results and fully detail their process and their final deliverables to the audience. The audience will be provided ample time to critique and ask questions of the UX designers.

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7 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Redesign Your Small Business Website

crowdSPRING Blog

It’s important that they adapt to changes in the business environment and shifts in your audience’s demographics or desires. To execute a successful content marketing strategy, you need to be very familiar with your target audience. You updated your brand or marketing strategy. As we wrote , Personas are helpful.