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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

In the beginning of any technology revolution the technology gets ahead of the institutions designed to measure and regulate safety and standards. Two massive changes are occurring in automobiles: 1) the transition from internal combustion engines to electric, and 2) the introduction of automated driving. began to decline.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Beginning in 1995 as BackRub, Google slowly and steadily began to conquer the world. Google was initially meant to be a search engine and today the company has ventured into wearable technology, renewable energy, mobile phones, and other web applications. When it comes to innovation, Google has left every company behind it.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

In 1995, I was the only one of my friends using email and there were no cell phones. Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. In general, at the time, you had to be an engineer to even think about creating a website. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' A look at how CMS evolved.

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Twitter Link Roundup #27 – Design, Writing, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files - [link]. Color Theory for Designer, Part 3: Creating Your Own Color Palettes - [link].

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The Importance of Women in Tech

Austin Startup

Estimates show that only about 14% of engineers in 2012 were women (Crawford) and that number hasn’t gone up far in recent years. Women such as Grace Hopper and Ada Lovelace have been an essential part of Computer Science and Engineering (Gürer, 2). Since February 2017, the percentage of Women in tech positions at Uber has gone up .3%

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. I’m sure it sounds unbelievable today, but in 1995, Fujitsu was a much bigger company than Apple in those days. Because of the Internet — and especially because of the World Wide Web — things were starting to move very quickly in Silicon Valley in 1995.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

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