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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

YoungUpstarts

Mobile is now a significant driver to the volume of software solutions and apps created, and the coming wave of the Internet of Things (IoT) will only accelerate this trend. It was launched in 1994, and had over 10 inbuilt apps. However, let’s take a step back and rewind a few years — or decades — to visualize the history of apps.

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

While I’m proud of all the Techstars programs, some of what I heard yesterday, especially around mentor engagement in the Disney program was remarkable. In Disney’s case, the access, exposure, and support of the Disney executives as mentors for the 11 companies in the program has been extraordinary.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Over two decades have passed since he made that statement, but the Internet has helped change the banking landscape remarkably. There is no “one-size-fits-all” loan program for small businesses.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. On the Startup Visa Program.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

As early as 1994, he had guessed that the Internet would be the next boom, and people would prefer to buy things online in the future. I research various aspects of employee wellbeing and the benefits of incorporating wellness programs in the workplace. His hard work and right decisions at the right time made him successful.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m going to start by going back to 1994. In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. It’s proven accurate on many occasions. Gene Kim laughed at my prediction.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

And we did, until the internet came on the scene a couple of years later and left us holding our floppy disks in our hands. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. We thought, “Hey, we can do that!” My next venture didn’t fare much better.

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