Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

One, which is described in great detail in the Mythical Man-Month (in finding that link, I discovered that today is coincidentally the exact 11th anniversary of my first purchasing that book: Jan 19, 1998), is that as you add people to a team or project, there is an increase in communications overhead that makes everyone slightly less productive.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

David is the Founder and CEO of David Novak Leadership, the parent organization to five nonprofits dedicated to developing leaders at every stage of life, from ages 5 to 65. David is also the Co-author of his newest book – Take Charge of You: How Self Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career. And I said, who could I learn from?

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

That said, even renowned founders and investors like Paul Graham have made mistakes. in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. Y Combinator - another company that Paul helped to co-found and that helps startups get funding, with particular emphasis given to those started by young, tech-savvy founders. Sold to Yahoo!

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2012

Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of a little company called Apple Inc., However, Jobs became less of a jerk after three children by his second wife came into his life between the years of 1991 and 1998. who passed away from cancer in October 2011, was a jerk. Don’t let money ruin your life.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” Founders and Innovators should expect that existing organizations and companies will defend their turf – ferociously. John Deere tractor interfaces…) Legal kickbacks , like discounts, SPIFs, Co-advertising (e.g.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The founding pair realized that they needed to pivot into becoming a software company, and in late 1998, completely shifted their focus to delivering athenaNet, their Web-based medical billing platform, as a cloud-based software service for all doctors. As anyone who has met him can tell you, Jonathan Bush is a unique founder/CEO.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2019

I began my volunteer work on the burn unit in early 1998 and within months of my volunteering I co-founded Moonlight Fund, a nonprofit for burn survivors. Celia Belt , a burn survivor, is the founder of the award-winning Moonlight Fund Inc., Some, sadly, resort to suicide.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. Reed Hastings, CEO and cofounder of Netflix, felt the public’s wrath in September 2011, when he announced that the DVD section of US Netflix would become separate from the streaming service and renamed Qwikster.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Our first interviewee – this coming Monday night – is Andre Durand, the founder and CEO of Ping Identity. Andre Durand brings 18 years of software industry executive leadership experience to his role as founder and CEO at Ping Identity. Prior to Ping Identity, Durand founded Jabber, Inc., Prior to Jabber, Inc.,

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

Presenting in the Entertainment and Content Technology category at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, Sceenic will talk about its Watch Together SaaS solution, which enables media companies to create interactive co-viewing experiences for dispersed viewers. Sceenic is the result of the learnings to do with co-viewing of SayYeah back in 2013-15.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

In 1998, before they even incorporated, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were trying to present their concept to early-stage, or "angel" investors, with limited success. Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was one such angel.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

In the last batch of startups we funded, we had several founders who said theyd thought of applying before, but werent sure and got jobs instead. This is a problem for founders, because it makes raising money take longer and cost more in legal fees. Founders and investors have different attitudes to risk. Interesting question.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) They entered, but didn’t win, the MIT $50K competition in 1998. It was awesome and I recommend it for any entrepreneur out there either working on a company or thinking about starting a company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

And a lot of experts and a lot of CEOs and company founders tell me that those shareholder letters were models of simplicity, which kinda led me in that direction. Think of it as a mantra in 1998, in a second shareholder letter, or 1999 Yeah. (20:43): And that, to me, that is simple as the new superpower. (07:36):

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

I told the story about how Brant Barton, my Bazaarvoice co-founder, and I picked the name in Chapter 7 of my book “ The Entrepreneur’s Essentials ” (also available for free online). Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. And the Blockbuster name became synonymous with late fees.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

I did my first angel investment in 1998, so 16 years and 60+ investments. I had 9,000 angel list followers many of who had tried to co-invest with me previously. The Andreessen and Founders Fund investment in AltSchool is public. Co-investors have occasionally been a little offput. buying common from founders.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 7, 2014

Check out these two stories from a story on Larry Page (Google co-founder) in Slate : In 1999, for instance, the method by which large Web companies such as eBay, Yahoo, and Google added server space had become fairly routine. In 1998, Page and Brin decided to take all eight of Google’s employees on a company ski trip to Lake Tahoe.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. The decision was primarily being driven by myself and one of my co-workers named Mary. If you are the founder or "chief geek" in your small ISV, take a careful, honest, and objective look at yourself. We interviewed several candidates.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 13, 2014

Which leads me to the next point: - Talent/Human Capital Matter : Nest’s founders previously worked at Apple; one of them is credited with being the iPod’s co-creator. Steve Jobs famously said in a 1998 BusinessWeek interview: “It’s really hard to design products by focus group.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

I first met and worked with Bobby in the mid-2000s at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), where he was a co-founder and on the board with me. Bobby is awesome and I’m really psyched he’s back in Boulder at CU.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

But with competition so intense, founders are finding it extremely difficult to attract those vital ingredients. Naval Ravikant is the founder of AngelList , which connects new startups with funding and talent. ’ After that comes cofounders, which. Cofounders. Everyone else is recruiting cofounders.”

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity. Thanks to Alexi Venneri, Digital Air Strike ! #6) 6) Abolish a Phenomena. Thanks to Don Uhlir, Extremely-Sharp Survival Gear ! 36) Why Does A Fish Swim?

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 3, 2004

The most recent addition to this list of second generation entrepreneurs is Andrew Erlichson, former CEO and cofounder of Flashbase. When I first met Andrew in late 1998, he had just finished his Stanford Ph.d This was 1998 and Flashbase was a true predecessor to Intuit’s Quickbase.

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 3, 2004

The most recent addition to this list of second generation entrepreneurs is Andrew Erlichson, former CEO and cofounder of Flashbase. When I first met Andrew in late 1998, he had just finished his Stanford Ph.d This was 1998 and Flashbase was a true predecessor to Intuit’s Quickbase.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Stephanie is the founder of Grow Disrupt , a company that designs & produces educational, application-focused events that re-invigorate & inspire entrepreneurs. As the founder of On Line Support , Eric has a wealth of technology, service and business expertise garnered from more than 30 years in the technology/telecom industry.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. For example, in 1998, Prof. As a founder told me this week: winter is the best time to build and Meta still has a lot of cash and is determined to be a major player in this space in the coming years. The updated Horizon Worlds graphics – much better graphics, but is it enough?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 29, 2010

You can imagine people sitting in their car listening to Jason and his co-host Sterling interview experts. The Myth Of The Big List Yaro Starak Sending Email Since 1998 Yaro Starak is the founder of Entrepreneurs-Journey, has blogged for more than five years and earned his living from the Internet for more than ten years.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As I embark on founding a new company , I have become very aware that technically I haven’t done this since 1998 when I started Spunlogic with Raj. And while I certainly helped lead Engauge and felt like I was able to help steer the ship, I wasn’t a founder of Engauge (though I was part of the founding acquisitions).

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Webinar Description: Entrepreneurial and Investment Opportunities in Fintech You’re invited to listen to a webinar, hosted by Growthink co-Founder and Managing Partner Jay Turo, where a select group of Fintech entrepreneurs and investors will share how they and their companies are winning in this incredibly dynamic space.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

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Professor VC

MAY 7, 2013

My Original Mobile Email Device My love affair with RIM started with my first blackberry I purchased in 1998 - the fat pager pictured above. In addition to a number of product failures (Storm, Torch, Playbook) and a really crappy web browser, the biggest issue was probably the hubris of the founders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It was only in 1998 when Andy Bechtolsheim invested $100,000 in Google, Inc. David Rubenstein , co-founder and CEO of private investment firm The Carlyle Group, agrees that taking a risk pays off in the end. They had proven themselves before they received an investment.

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