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Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact | Tom Adeyoola, Metail | BoS Europe 2018

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It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. Which was then implemented in 2007. We have to basically succeed by delivering disruptive differentiated technology because there’s no way we’ll win on cash – the US always wins on cash. This is like late 2007. And timing was critical.

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14 years building BoS

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And there were lots of conferences for startups and lots of conferences for people that were raising funds and IPO going and all sorts of crazy old things. So you’ve come in and you’ve been running annual conferences since 2007, and then bi annual conferences since 2014, when you launched the EU as well as the US conference.

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Leading A High-Growth Company | David Cancel, Drift | BoS USA 2018

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Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Drift, a startup that’s making it easier for businesses to talk to their customers. Previously, he was at HubSpot as Chief Product Officer after they acquired his company Performable. ML : So Drift aside which of your four startup are you most proud of. ML : Fantastic.

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“It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times” – Every CEO Ever | Tim Barker, DataSift | BoS Europe 2018

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Tim Barker has established three startups and has seen the ups and downs of the startup journey, from his first business being acquired by Salesforce – where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing – to his current company DataSift being acquired by Meltwater in 2018. Tim Barker, CEO, DataSift.

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Launching a New Breakout Product | Jason Fried | BoS USA Online 2020

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In 2007, we launched Highrise; we launched a new product every year for like four or five years, basically. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. And that was exciting. But again, you forget that the real work comes from maintaining products.