Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and build a brand. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world. Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2016

A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. Social networks come and go, but people always have an inbox—and they want to be connected with people who bring them value.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Formerly known as Fonelet Technologies. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Total raised: $30mm. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We are certainly not abandoning CRM as a pillar of our positioning, we are recognizing that there is a more expansive vision to aim for, one which borrows on the lessons and capabilities of CRM while more fully embracing a next generation of social technologies that don’t exist exclusively in the context of master data and transaction records.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking. But that one fell victim to rapidly developing technologies, the recession, and the collapse of the consumer electronics market, and is unlikely to return a significant profit.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nevertheless, rising technology, individuals ‘ desire for more independence, and the high cost of hiring workers have led to a significant increase in the number of people going self-employed people. million people or 12% of the population worked for themselves in 2001. According to ONS data , 3.3 That spiked to 4.8

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. at 8:00 am Great post Rob, However I think you need to include growth stage technology companies amongst those you listed in the relatively recession proof group. at 3:04 am [.] link] [.] #2 at 3:47 pm [.]

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

After I graduated in 2001, I remember it seeming impossible to feel the same way about living in New York City. It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. It''s My Life Venture Capital & Technology' Also, let us know if you''re willing to host.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. We’ve talked about the technological shifts around quantum computing and cryptography more generally. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. You take a more tacit approach. Why is that?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

By cultivating a strong professional network. Behind every new breakthrough technology, every new industry trend, there are people. As our name suggested, we were a social network well before places like Friendster , MySpace, and then Facebook took that concept mainstream. And how do you do that? Relationships matter.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. Besides Tony Karrer for technology, who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

Customers not only talk about their delight on social networks, but also love the experience so much that when they next purchase shoes, they will again buy from Zappos. Zappos doesn’t charge extra for this service and doesn’t tell customers in advance that it will upgrade their shipping.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. 17) Devastating Event.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

I dropped out of college in 2001, so this would be 17 years in. ” That problem feels like there’s a great technological solution that could help with it. That’s what we’re trying to solve with SparkToro through technology. I don’t get it. 17, 18 years at Moz? Rand Fishkin: Yeah. Rand Fishkin: Yeah.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Clips from their interviews are below: Wayne Sutton is a partner and co-founder of BUILDUP VC , a Bay Area non-profit that connects, mentors, and educates underrepresented technology entrepreneurs. In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. ” This was around 2001.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Seth makes extensive use of social networking tools, and web videos to maximize the impact of his training. His unique style and personal touch has helped him develop a large worldwide audience consisting of accountants, bookkeepers, and small business owners, as well as general consultants and technology enthusiasts.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 8, 2012

First, following the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Jim became an activist for a better America and produced a series of compelling documentary films to further his cause. Nobody knew this better than Jim because he had to coordinate everything from email to social networking to blogging to rally people to his own cause.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. They’ve tried everything.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

When I attended between 1998-2001, there were a few course on entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial strategy, etc.), The firm offers email subscribers a deal-of-the-day coupon at a local business, then encourages them to share it with their social networks.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

President of Harvard from 2001 to 2006. Until late 2010, served as President Obama’s director of the White House National Economic Council.

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