crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Perhaps your site’s e-commerce performance isn’t living up to expectations, or you’re not getting as many conversions you’d like. Keep in mind that the potential effects of a website redesign on your conversion rate are unknown without testing the changes. You updated your brand or marketing strategy.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. I engaged in conversations with these angels investors and they provided a letter that I could use in support of my H1-B application. The latter was fine by me since there was no money in the company for me to draw a salary any way.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2011

Since 1997, he has led an independent consulting practice focused on helping businesses of all sizes elevate performance and achieve healthy growth. Feel-good conversations are like comfort food for new venture teams, reinforcing early beliefs and feeding optimism and confidence. Sometimes the opposite is true.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

How do you feel like this book will bring structure to the conversation? [19:32] So really, my book, The Blueprint is not based just on Bezos, but it's based on interviews and conversations with former Amazonians who have adopted the leadership and communication strategies that Bezos pioneered to build Amazon.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Another notable Austin-bred phenomenon is the Alamo Drafthouse — is cinema chain founded in 1997 that is famous for its food and drink service as well as maintaining proper cinema etiquette. 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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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Responsible for driving industry-leading conversations and creating unique gaming experiences, Estevan leverages his extensive background in the game industry alongside the explosive creativity of SXSW to create one of the most unique conferences in the country.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2013

Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one of the first online travel agencies, which went public in 1997 and subsequently merged to create Travelocity.com as an independent company. Jim Hornthal splits his time between venture capital, entrepreneurship and education. And Zignal Labs. Jim co-taught classes with me at U.C.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Uh, I mean, as introducing sort of subsets of the management, uh, guru industry, if we're gonna keep calling it that, you know, excellence is something that, you know, you brought to the conversation, um, execution , um, you know, as, as certainly something you brought to conversation brand, you wow, extreme humanism.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2011

Since 1997, he has led an independent consulting practice focused on helping businesses of all sizes elevate performance and achieve healthy growth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

12:30 PM: Conversation with Michel Gondry 18ABCD – Elvis Mitchell, film critic at tthe New York Times interviews the director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind&# Cool. He started his first company in 1997 at the age of 14 and has also served in leadership roles at Stardoll and Advertigo. ([link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. This lasted from about 2001-2004.

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Life Beyond Code

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Master the art of having good conversations: Conversations are your window to the external world. You learn from the world and world learns about you from the conversations. Conversations open new possibilities and if you get it wrong, it can close existing opportunities.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The policy conversation regarding jobs and economic development is starting to show some promising signs, particularly in helping young companies flourish. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. It’s new businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

Every project, every conversation was shaped by people’s perception of my undergraduate degree in economics and my “track” at Accenture. In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. It took 3 years at Accenture of telling people I was technical to get taken seriously.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. Why are they called the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Even in 1997, during the dot-com boom, Bezos’s anti-pitch was stark and to the point: “You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.”. It’s counterintuitive, but Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos takes a totally different approach to hiring: he gives prospects a hiring anti-pitch.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having DFS was formed in 1997 to provide Dell customers the best financing options. having the honor to work for two third-stage companies, Apple and Dell.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 24, 2017

This will lead to long episodes, but the audience gets to hear a unique conversation with a world class performer and Tim asks all the right (unique) questions. Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad. One of my favorite episodes is with Jamie Foxx.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

DEMAT Account came into existence in India in the year of 1997, before which stocks and shares were issued as well as traded in physical paper form. It is also quite true for the alternative conversion from the electronic to physical one. Loan Facilitation.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

 We had an engaging and candid conversation, which included fielding questions from audience members including  Laurie Yoler, Managing Director of GrowthPoint Technology Partners.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 3, 2012

Conversely, too many companies try to compete by imitating their competitors. Examples are Charles Schwab allowing people to trade stocks online by themselves in 1997, and Craigslist making life difficult for print classifieds salespeople. A successful strategy is one that makes competition almost irrelevant.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 25, 2012

In 1997 a small Milanese publisher brought the legendary notebook back to life. Related Posts: Napkin Technology Still Works For Me Converse All Star Is Stuff That Works Weekend Favs February Twenty Five My Guild Guitar Is Stuff That Works Persol is Stuff that Works.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase. The Pros and Cons of Fair Trade Coffee. Pros: Keeps grievous violations at bay.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2021

Netflix began in 1997 as a video rental competitor to Blockbuster. Together, the USP and UI makeup a value proposition that is optimized for conversions. Implement user testing to ensure your UX has minimal barriers to conversion. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime.”. The goal is obvious, the ask is clear, the task is simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

But I start most conversations with “wantrepreneurs&# by saying, “make sure it’s in your personality type, make sure you have the risk appetite, make sure you can afford to take the risks given your life situations and make sure you know that there is a high possibility your startup won’t be hugely financially rewarding.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2018

In 1997 I founded an internet company named Perficient, and it went public in 1999. Twice in a Lifetime was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. In the mid 1990s I knew that the internet was a game-changing technology.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

Translation is just one of several elements of the localisation process, which also include providing content that suits the culture, consumption habits and formats of the local market, conversion to local requirements (for example currency or units of measurement) and adhering to local legal requirements.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 27, 2025

look at 1997 as the beginning of that group. Len Silverman (05:41.203) And in a lot of ways, I think that the folks that I've met with are almost a little afraid to have those kinds of conversations. I think that the ability to have these kinds of conversations are so much easier than they used to be.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Much of it is very short term focused and, like a giant tractor beam, draws the conversation into a very short time horizon (as in days or weeks). I started investing in 1994 and while there was some bumpiness in 1997 and again in 1999, the real pain happened between 2000 and 2005.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2015

The failed pitches to investors, the difficult conversations with loved ones, and even the negotiations among cofounders are all recorded here as they happened, giving a unique look at one man’s entire experience from concept to company. Listen to The Bcast here. Listen to SBR here.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

states for fastest growth in the number of women-owned businesses — a number that grew by 98 percent between 1997 and 2014. We must point out that a big part of what makes Austin such a thriving hub is the fact that it’s in the middle of Texas.Texas ranks number 2 among U.S.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2015

For conversion purposes, they can be a dream come true. Back in 1997, the Nielsen Norman Group conducted the first study to determine how users read on the web. For conversion purposes, it requires as much copy as is necessary to help people complete the task at hand. It’s the cornerstone of all conversion rate optimization.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. And this is a tough balance.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. And this is a tough balance.

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