crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Avoiding operating at capacity | Gabriel Weinberg’s Blog - [link]. “Great companies transcend their great products … these companies adapt, innovate and reinvent.” Why Ad Holding Companies Should Act More Like VCs | Advertising Age - [link]. ” - [link]. Advertising Age - [link].

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Word here is that GitHub will be afforded a similar situation within Microsoft, operating as a wholly-owned company yet still retaining its structure. Word here is that GitHub will be afforded a similar situation within Microsoft, operating as a wholly-owned company yet still retaining its structure.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

He was also Chairman of the People and Organization Committee and member of the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive for nine years and Chairmen of the Compensation Committee and member of the Board of Directors of Logitech International.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2013

Hold company-wide sports games in your down time on a regular basis. Sporting events also allow your staff to bond in an environment outside the daily grind of business operations. Don’t provide any empty-calorie foods like sweets or sodas. Sports Games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-practicing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the continuing mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. The USPTO operates on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

This patent holding company is charging infringement and demanding royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. The USPTO operates on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2018

In addition, if your business operations are located overseas, repatriation provisions under the new tax law may make a switch to C-Corp status tax advantageous. The operative word here, though, is qualified. New Deductions for Qualified Business Income.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

These 15 famous companies did just that, all changing in dramatic ways to become totally different than their former selves. Multinational conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway is best known for its control investor, Warren Buffett, who has grown the company by investing not just in stocks, but in entire companies.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

Founded in the year 2001 under the Admiral Markets trademark, the company expanded its range and reach to become the leading service providers in online currency trading. It is a global holding company, the subsidiaries of which provide facilities for trading currencies, stocks, metals, etc. Platforms and tools.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2016

After years owning and operating my own companies, I found myself at age sixty-four in a senior executive position with a manufacturing and distribution company, doing work I liked and making a contribution. By age 25 he had founded an insurance agency that became one of the largest in Oklahoma.

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Life Beyond Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

And what I’ve discovered is that companies that achieve significant, or even spectacular, growth are different in specific and measurable ways from companies that just muddle along. There are, in fact, myriad operational, marketing and financial strategies that can and do lead to growth.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 26, 2022

Throughout my 20+ years of entrepreneurship , I’ve led four companies (including Bolster, where I’m a co-founder and CEO today) and served on eight boards. I’ve learned that strong boards can help propel a company forward and I’ve also witnessed how weak and ineffective boards can hold companies back.

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Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2016

If you dream of operating your own luxury day spa, now may be the perfect time to get started. Depending on the location of your spa, you may also want to consider offering services designed to appeal to corporate clients looking for fun ways to hold company events. Consider your operating hours.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 30, 2010

So long as they are slaves to Wall Street, the major advertising holding companies will be unable to undergo the necessary, wholesale transformation required to thrive in the digital age. Agency CEOs seem to wish they were Wall St analysts or venture-backed CEOs rather than trapped as holding company leaders.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

I sold one of my companies (Engauge) to a holding company, and the result was quite frankly disastrous. We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. Operating differently.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Well it’s not that unusual for a patent troll or “IP holding company” like Leader to pursue patent litigation against a large number of targets, regardless what the merit. It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo! [link] leehower.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

In 2008, Teva acquired American company Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic birth control pills, for about $7.5 Teva, Israel’s largest company, has a market value of about $56 billion. Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

He brought relevant operating experience and a great perspective into the room, representing not the CEO, not the investors, but *the company,* which is exactly what you want from an Independent. NG: Beacon Software is a new company that my co-founder Divya and I started earlier this year.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Experts from the company will provide a keynote on its Moonshot Factory for radical innovation along with a workshop on leveraging Google’s ecosystem for startup success. James Letchie, Massys Chief Financial Officer, will be on-site to offer a fireside chat on the transformation into a digitally driven enterprise.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2020

I am a huge fan of Charlie Munger, who is the Vice Chairman of the famed holding company Berkshire Hathaway. He had started as a child selling flowers out of his neighbor’s backyard for him to be able to operate a lemonade stand franchise. Thanks to Rick Maningas, Best Choice House Buyers LLC ! #9- 9- Charlie Munger.

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