Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 21, 2019

Founded in 2003 and acquired by current management in 2011, THG Energy developed and markets the Energy Intelligence Suite platform that collects electricity, gas, water and waste data for more than 50,000 commercial accounts in all 50 states, providing best practice benchmarking and analytics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. Delaying going out of business gives you way more chances at product / market fit than any other strategy I know of. Fair point.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

As CTO, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper Networks ' technology strategy through the execution of the company’s innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, mobile edge cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration and hybrid cloud. Raj Yavatkar. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

The great startup plans may never develop into profitable businesses without a strategy and some financial measures. It’s nearly difficult to build a roadmap to financial prosperity for your organization without a business strategy. Make a strategy to pay off your highest-interest debt first, then work your way down.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Andrew Armstrong is a freelance writer, technology enthusiast, and digital strategies consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley in 2003 through the Interdisciplinary Studies Field program, Andrew writes and consults for numerous clients in the field of product design, software, and professional services.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Read as she recounts five tips for failing forward that detail course-correcting strategies for maximizing each of our 30,000 days of life on Earth, accepting failures and moving forward to discover the next exciting chapter life has in store. Shelley joined the EO Brisbane chapter in 2003.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). I co-founded Waterlution in 2003 and continue to touch in with young water innovators through that network. Q: We talk a lot about taking action today for a better tomorrow.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino outlined essentially two types of outcomes for this financial crisis from a historical perspective: “In 2001-2003, there was a depression in Silicon Valley. VCs are going to be asking founders about their “post-corona strategy.” “This is where history is very important, and we don’t yet know the situation we’re in yet.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

A spokesperson for the firm declined to comment on the letter or Tiger’s broader fundraising strategy when reached this morning. billion in capital commitments. It’s a lot of capital to target, even amid a sea of enormous new venture vehicles. New Enterprise Associates closed its newest fund with $3.6 billion last year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

2003 / Great service really does win business. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. Those two exercises created an excitement towards achieving the vision of growing by 10 times, and the strategy and execution path to get there. Bonus lesson: Mistakes are the fertile ground of innovation!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30 But ultimately great people drive the ideas and Highland Capital is proactive in reaching out to entrepreneurs even at early stages. 51:30 – 1:02:40).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5 Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies. The move comes less than two months after the company filed confidentiality to go public via a direct listing or initial public offering.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Roccia joined straight from Georgetown the same year, 2003, and left as the magazine’s accessories editor in 2008. For those who might be curious, their former boss, Anna Wintour, is a champion of theirs. “It’s why people liked wedding registries.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e., Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” He points out that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have virtually identical strategies. – Thoughtful fund management. – Incubating companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

But in retrospect, doing everything wrong was exactly the right strategy — a fact that’s just now becoming apparent. Back in 2003, that was the context for the so-called weblog, which would shortly be elided to blog. With exponential growth, things look small until the end,” says Mullenweg.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. To ensure mutual compatibility, your goals and incentives should be aligned with that of the private equity or VC fund, as well as the timeline for realizing them and exit strategy. This strategy is even more prevalent in larger deals. Want to Join a Corporate Board?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others). VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. It’s important in aligning internal strategy, communicating with others, talking with partner, recruiting and, yes, raising VC. We have followed this strategy for 15 years. Create a sustained campaign.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2021

Mayfield partner Navin Chaddha and Poshmark founder and CEO Manish Chandra met all the way back in 2003, well before Poshmark was even a glimmer in his eye. “We still to this day use a similar kind of strategy in a much more compressed timeframe as we go to different countries,” said Chandra.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 7, 2019

The first is Momentum Investing , “a strategy to capitalize on the continuance of an existing market trend”, which usually meaning that the price has been rising in the recent past. In 2000, LPs invested $104b into 638 funds, but by 2003, LPs’ commitment rate had dropped to just $11b into 161 funds. Why, yes, they are.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. She brought her key team members and emphasized why their strategy was so much better than Company A and other players in the market. If you’re way better than me, I’m probably not playing.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people. SOPA would disproportionately alter the risk profile for new startups, which are thinly capitalized compared to the giants like Google and Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. In the consumer world, maybe.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

To offset the mostly one-time payment from customers, Tableau employs a land-and-expand strategy. Founded in 2003, Tableau followed a more gradual revenue growth curve than the median SaaS company. Customers pay a fee for the software up-front, in addition to an annual maintenance fee of about 20-25%.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. In the consumer world, maybe.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). But in some businesses call volumes might incentivize your reps to get off the phone quickly, which in some businesses is the wrong strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. I’m talking Tom Watson at the British Open or Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. In this post I want to tell you how I embrace my losses and what I think you can learn from them. In the consumer world, maybe.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2016

By Glenn Bartlett, Head of Strategy at Step Change. One famous example was the campaign US launched against Iraq and Saddam Hussein in 2003. In the nineties, they announced globalisation strategies that, due to their illusion of invulnerability, led to the fall of their reputation and stock market value.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As an enthusiastic EO DC member since 2003, I missed the camaraderie, connections and learning events with my EO family after moving to Virginia. Here are nine strategies I learned that may prove helpful if you’re considering starting an EO chapter. Hire a strong chapter manager.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

We had a strategy of hiring people really young because we couldn’t afford to hire too many senior people. I think we started working together in 2003 when he was new in the UK from South Africa. Not only because he was sharp technically but also because we was good at getting shit done.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Back in 2003, Stérin co-founded Smartbox Group , the company behind many popular experience gift boxes. With Otium Capital, the family office has a broad investment strategy from leveraged buy-outs to real estate — and it has done quite a few startup investments over the years. You may already be familiar with Otium Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica?

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. Pet Angel Pet Angel is the premier pet death care company providing unparalleled cremation services to Veterinarians within a national B2B rollup strategy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

” Ibex Investors , which is based in Denver with offices in New York and Tel Aviv, was founded in 2003 with a “multi-stage” and “multi-strategy” investment strategy. . “I would equate it (our fund) to an internet fund in 1996 or 1997.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office.

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