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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m going to start by going back to 1994. We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. It’s a wonderfully compelling idea, but it’s a little like video streaming in 1994: the hardware simply isn’t there yet. It’s proven accurate on many occasions.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

This recession lasted until 1994. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. You can’t be stopped.

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