Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2020

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. They operated this way because their existing business models didn’t allow them to initially profit from those opportunities – so they ignored them – and continued to chase higher profitability in more-demanding segments. I never got to say thank you.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Armed with this knowledge, you’re able to operate a customer-centric business that never loses sight of its North Star: fixing customer pain points. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU. Thanks to Evian Gutman, Padlifter ! #5- Thanks to David Hernandez, lotus823 ! #29-

Entrepreneur 145

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Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2010

The CEO must set the context that every employee operates within. Read Jeff Bezos’ 3-page letter he wrote to shareholders in 1997. In addition, executing well requires a broad set of operational skills. The Strategy and the Story. A company without a story is a usually a company without a strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. I got to help a telecom operator decide whether or not to bid on 3G spectrum and how much to pay. Not operational. Not an operator. “You should really be an operating partner. ” Not technical. Branded again. ” or.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 1997, McKay co-founded junior mineral resource company, Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. At that time, the explosives business operated under the existing Newfoundland Hard-Rok division of MRO Supplies Ltd. Carl Foss and Keith Phelan take care of the operations side, while I handle finance and administration.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. She is currently an Operations Coordinator at Solar Winds and volunteers for Latinitas. Austin, this time?—?to

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. Thanks to Dr. Dan Danyo, North Atlanta Hair Restoration ! #4- 4- Started as a part-time work. Photo Credit: Aaron Steed. Thus, the inspiration for Bevspot. Thanks to Rory Crawford, Bevspot !

Entrepreneur 117

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Joining Microsoft in 1987 or Yahoo in 1997 or Google in 2005 or Facebook today still gives someone new to the professional world a lot of the exposure to the “startup” world. Join a mature, non-technical operating company. It’s also far and away the most fertile ground for meeting future co-founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). This lasted from about 2001-2004.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There are many companies that are competing to be the “operating system” for small businesses. The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) The scorecard includes five major components: stability, operational performance, client satisfaction, financial performance and growth.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. .” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Support.com — On 2.5m

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Office and Operations. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Naming a Business. How to Incorporate. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. Franchises. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Legal Issues.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

How are user-generated reviews changing how restaurants operate and how we eat? He started his first company in 1997 at the age of 14 and has also served in leadership roles at Stardoll and Advertigo. ([link]. 11:00 AM: Clay Shirky Presentation Ballroom D – Clay Shirky is just cool ([link].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

It has stood behind its paywall since 1997, trusting that customers interested in its content would pay upwards of $200 a year for it. We’ve seen a comeback in the notion of a “paywall,” a subscription needed to access what used to be free content, as younger consumers have begun to embrace the idea of paying for quality journalism.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

If I was an aspiring entrepreneur, I would take a vacation during RISE week and attend as many sessions as I could (author’s update note: sadly, RISE is no longer operational). I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

about your operating forecasts and be prepared to revise them – up or down. -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;vertical-align:baseline; about your operating forecasts and be prepared to revise them – up or down. -.38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;vertical-align:baseline; 24.0pt"> • Be open to.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2017

At that time I had written a book on starting a home-based business – “ Words from home: How to start and operate a home-based word processing business ” – and had found a publisher for it. I can remember being quoted in USA Today in 1997 on becoming a virtual assistant. Yes, we had a good thing going.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Legibility is concerned with the very fine details of typeface design, and in an operational context this usually means the ability to recognise individual letters or words. Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. Definitions. Legibility vs. readability.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 30, 2019

Back in 1997, Jeff Bezos was talking about frictionless shopping when most companies were just thinking about getting serious about being online. They may not even realize that their shopping cart is hard to operate. I mean if you look at what Amazon has accomplished in the last 20 years, much of that has been by reducing friction.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 3, 2012

Examples are Charles Schwab allowing people to trade stocks online by themselves in 1997, and Craigslist making life difficult for print classifieds salespeople. Specifically, the winning companies will craft a focused strategy that gives them a distinctive advantage.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. For the uninitiated, IIT KGP is considered one of the top technology schools in India, and it is located in the Eastern part of the country, not far from the city of Kolkata.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2018

By 1997, the company’s penny stocks were valued at $4.4 Companies that operate outside of the United States do not register the shares that they are selling to investors. Walsh falsely claimed that Bre-X found a gold mine in Burma. This mining scam is one of the most famous mining scams. Guru Scams. Offshore Scams.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 16, 2014

Kentucky Fried Chicken first came to Vietnam in 1997 through the vision of Singapore entrepreneur and franchisee Tony Chew. KFC Vietnam (KFCV) currently operates 140 restaurants and employees 4,000 workers. [i]. One of the most popular franchises is KFC.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. The second is a lack of operational scalability.

Cofounder 28

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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. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2012

One of the most iconic brands of our time – Apple – was reborn after it launched, in 1997, an innovative campaign inviting people to “Think Different” Today, Apple products are perceived to be better designed, more fun, and more reliable than products from Apple’s competitors. Deliver value.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 28, 2022

They began this practice fairly recently, in 1997. American businesses were grateful for the US Chamber of Commerce during the pandemic when many businesses needed to change the way they operated. This reduced tariffs and promoted trade competition when exporting goods between the US, Mexico, and Canada.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 13, 2019

Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded. It seems pretty clear to me that Uber regards its drivers as ‘holding places for robots’ The problem however, is that as soon as Uber can reduce operating costs by employing autonomous cars, so can Ford, GM, Tesla, Google and every other car manufacturer in the world.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology. It’s been around since the mid-1990s. Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Bots: The Secret to Scaling Messaging-Based Lead Gen.

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Diego Basch

MAY 16, 2011

It reminds me quite a bit of mp3 files in 1997, when they were just a novelty and record companies didn’t know what to make of them. It turned out to be a good investment, as I made some interesting cash operating the system and later sold the software to Inktomi.

Government 40

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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.

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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.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

In his 1997 paper, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, and Human Performance in Continuous Operations , he found that: Laboratory studies show that mental work declines by 25% during each successive 24 hours of continuous wakefulness. However, after circa 24 hours they … no longer knew where they were relative to friendly and enemy units.

Software Review 90

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I tried operating on 4 hours of sleep and working through my weekends in the past, but it only took a few months for me to burn out. When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997. Thanks to Chelsea Rivera, HonestPaws.com ! #12- 12- Take my downtime very seriously. on the weekends.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2011

Since 1997, he has led an independent consulting practice focused on helping businesses of all sizes elevate performance and achieve healthy growth. Another reason the passion trap is so sneaky is that it operates largely at an unconscious level. Cognitive biases cause us to see what we expect to see, and what we want to see.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking more closely at the pacing of the funds Austin Ventures raised in the table below, it also got caught up in the Dot Com frenzy, raising new, much larger funds almost every year from 1997–2001. He is a partner at Capital Factory and a board member of the Austin Technology Council.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

There are different types of disruptive innovations, according to Christensen: Low-end disruptions involve a new operating and/or financial approach with some combination of lower gross profit margins and higher asset utilization. Attractive returns are possible at the discounted prices needed to win business at the low end of the market.

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