Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success. An engineering services firm, TRISTAR is the first woman and minority-owned firm based in Indiana to offer the Department of Defense (DoD) technical support services.

Columbus 134

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.

Singapore 140

Singapore Asia Technical Review Acquisition 140

YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2019

percent in 1998 to 7.7 Time was short and the work laborious, meaning that the majority of jobs went to India to save on costs. The proof is in the numbers: IT increased its contribution to India’s GDP from 1.2 percent in 2017. This event prompted a massive cultural and employment shift within the country.

India 113

India Silicon Valley Global Software 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. To really assess what opportunities the VC industry has over the next decade, one needs to first look at some of the root causes of poor returns in the past decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 18, 2023

In 1998 I registered my first domain name. It was MTGParadise.com, a website about the Magic: The Gathering card game I still played back then as a teenager. This was the first website I built that made money. I learned so much during this period, probably more than any other time in my life.

Entrepreneur 98

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. All 28 EU countries must now collect, process and store consumer information in the same fashion, which basically gives more control to consumers, enabling them to give and withdraw consent more easily.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. He’s still one of my favorite people in the world, and we routinely get together to ask each other for business advice. Raj, thanks for everything. Love you, buddy. Oh, and we used to be such babies :).

Charlotte 54

Charlotte New Zealand Atlanta .Net 54

Up and Running

APRIL 9, 2019

It was also in a SWOT session that we realized we needed to make our product downloadable on the web (back in 1998, when we were among the first). It was in one of these sessions that somebody suggested that I should change my focus a bit and deal more with the large picture than the specific code.

Business Plan 89

Business Plan Software Review Differentiation Framework 89

K9 Ventures

APRIL 20, 2019

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. Don was totally a people person and just an all around great person to talk to. In fact, I can hear the intonation of his voice in my head as I type this.

Technical Review 117

Technical Review San Francisco Startup Architecture 117

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” coffee with Rohan, an ex-student. His three-year-old startup had been slapped with a notice of patent infringement from a Fortune 500 company. “My

Government 293

Government Advisory Board Leadership Programming 293

David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

1] Matthijs Kalmijn, “INTERMARRIAGE AND HOMOGAMY: Causes, Patterns, Trends,” Annual Review of Sociology 24 (Aug 1998), 395-421. [2] Photo: The Trumbull College Potty Court gargoyle, painted as Yale College Dean Peter Salovey by the Trumbull College Class of 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). [1] 2] Peter V.

Hiring 138

Hiring Technical Review Affiliate Audience 138

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Serial entrepreneur Donovan Janus started his first company NTN Publishing in 1998, and started Exposure Manager in 2004. There is always a way to rescue time, joy and excitement from the quicksand. Freelancing can be everything you imagined once you cut the intangible costs.

Cost 100

Cost San Francisco Software Review Technical Review 100

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Database 78

David Teten

JULY 9, 2012

1] Matthijs Kalmijn, “INTERMARRIAGE AND HOMOGAMY: Causes, Patterns, Trends,” Annual Review of Sociology 24 (Aug 1998), 395-421. [2] Photo: The Trumbull College Potty Court gargoyle, painted as Yale College Dean Peter Salovey by the Trumbull College Class of 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia). [1] 2] Peter V.

Hiring 128

Hiring Technical Review Affiliate Audience 128

Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. In both cases what surprises me is not that it happened, but how long it took.

Startup 180

Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 18, 2023

In 1998 I registered my first domain name. It was MTGParadise.com, a website about the Magic: The Gathering card game I still played back then as a teenager. This was the first website I built that made money. I learned so much during this period, probably more than any other time in my life.

Entrepreneur 52

Entrepreneur Naming 52

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Comparing the same General Motors model large sedan in Australia gives us the following cost in real terms: Price when new – 1998 = $25,077 (96% of average annual income)*. In the past 30 years due to automation prices have dropped radically. Price when new – 2018 = $35,990 (42% of average annual income)*.

IP 48

IP Technical Review Australia Distribution 48

Board Effect

MARCH 15, 2022

Liam Donaldson was the first one to come up with the idea of clinical governance around 1998. That’s still a worthy goal for today’s healthcare providers. What Does Good Governance for Hospitals Look Like? Another attempt to clarify clinical governance was “ A First Class Service: Quality in the New NHS.”

Government 62

Government Leadership Framework Security 62

Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Invest in People. Alta Vista. Webcrawler.

IPO 48

IPO Stock Affiliate California 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

By comparison, Brian Morgan, who founded Adventure Life , from Missoula, Montana, started in 1998 with 16 employees and a decade later was earning $11 million after an initial investment capital of $3,000 spent on a laptop and two brochures. His startup focused on providing travel to exotic destinations around the world.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Montana Startup Seed Capital 100

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I entered the workforce in 1998 during the midst of the dotcom bubble. To stay relevant in a highly competitive and unpredictable market, I found myself constantly updating my resume with software proficiencies I thought companies would find desirable.

Software 119

Software Web Marketing Entrepreneur 119

Brandanew

JULY 15, 2015

I bought MichaelHyatt.com in 1998. The problem was eventually fixed, but it hurt his attendance in the meantime. Few things in life are truly stable, but some things are more stable than others. It’s been through a lot of iterations, but it’s always been mine. Ownership provides stability because you set the rules. The Platform Effect.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Technical Review Internet 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2020

She began training on the Internet in 1998 and began the first television-like broadcasting in 2002, launching her own TV channel – www.hvacchannel.tv. : Simple Rules for Sustainable Business Growth ” and four other award-winning books. The post Do You Have The Mercedes Benz Syndrome? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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.Net Channel Revenue Internet 264

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

He mentioned that Gillette started faltering in 1998 when its leadership became distracted by non-core projects in the book. Not Time Telling, Genius of AND, Core Ideology and Preserve the Core/Stimulate Progress are related to the six concepts highlighted above.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Merger Valuation Framework 159

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

That’s why the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was signed by 56 states in 1998 on every victim’s behalf. Eventually, the affected individuals became furious with the tobacco companies once they learned about the side effects of smoking. They wanted to recover the medical costs associated with caring for their health issues.

Cost 117

Cost America Hiring Developer 117

Andrew Payne

JULY 28, 2014

The Court of Justice of the EU ruled Google had to remove search results linking to a 1998 newspaper article about the foreclosure of his home (due to unpaid debts he later paid). Earlier this year, Mario Costeja-González won the right to be forgotten.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Search Engineer Internet 49

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

He was the chief executive officer of Dunkin’ Donuts for thirty-five years from 1963 to 1998 and also served on the board of directors of Sonic Corp and Domino’s Pizza. . In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Robert Rosenburg an American businessman, professor, and author.

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PPC Social Media SEO Media 97

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Shawn Burcham , author of “ Keeping Score With GRITT : Straight Talk Strategies For Success ” is the founder & CEO of PFSbrands, which he and his wife, Julie, started out of their home in 1998. Prior to starting PFSbrands, Burcham spent five years with a Fortune 100 company, Mid-America Dairymen (now Dairy Farmers of America).

Balance Sheet 162

Balance Sheet America Employee Programming 162

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Using just two data points, the modem I had in 1986 and the modem I had in 1998, the spreadsheet predicts that I’d have a 25 megabit/second connection in 2012. In the bandwidth example, picking a point in 1986 and a point in 1998 exactly predicts the bandwidth I have in 2012. Napster arrived in June, 1999. That’s the ideal case.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2020

Dr. Schuchat also served as director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases from 2006-2015 and Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998-2005. She served as acting CDC director from January-July 2017 and February-March 2018. She joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in 1988.

South Africa 139

South Africa Africa Global Community 139

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. In 1998 Goto.com , a small startup (later Overture, now part of Yahoo ! ), created the pay per click search engine and advertising system and demo’d it at the TED conference. The only problem is that it’s simply not true.

Silicon Valley 324

Silicon Valley Differentiation United States Customer Development 324

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Shawn Burcham , author of “ Keeping Score With GRITT : Straight Talk Strategies For Success ” is the founder & CEO of PFSbrands, which he and his wife, Julie, started out of their home in 1998. Prior to starting PFSbrands, Burcham spent five years with a Fortune 100 company, Mid-America Dairymen (now Dairy Farmers of America).

America 147

America Employee Founder Management 147

The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

These firms have had a significant impact on growth over the last 20 years through the bubbles and crashes they create – e.g. the Long-Term Capital Management crash of 1998, the Dot-Com crash of 2000, and the housing meltdown of 2008.

Development Team Review 94

Development Team Review Business Plan Agile Operations 94

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2012

He co-founded Archiweb in 1998, an award-winning leader among web design companies in SE Europe, and envisioned the later-to-be stock agency in early 2000. With over 12 years of experience in design and new media, Serban has proven to be a skilled executive, successfully blending creative and executive abilities.

Social Media 231

Social Media Media Stock Clickthrough 231

deal architect

AUGUST 12, 2010

Doug Belden invited me for a visit after he read my recent blog about innovation at the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s office he has presided over since 1998. It is a candidate this year for the prestigious Malcolm Balridge award.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a good eight years from 1998 to 2006 all my online business projects were text based, with some images thrown. In the last decade the world of internet marketing, like the internet itself, has become dominated by multimedia. It’s a different world to how I first started out online.

Video 103

Video Product Internet Entrepreneur 103

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Shawn Burcham , author of “ Keeping Score With GRITT : Straight Talk Strategies For Success ” is the founder & CEO of PFSbrands, which he and his wife, Julie, started out of their home in 1998.

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