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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. All of those companies trade at high multiples.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. However, Tinker commented that perceived legibility was due to a great extent to familiarity with the typeface.