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

Both Sides of the Table

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. In 1996 got connected up with Softbank which was investing very aggressively in the U.S. was starting.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Mr. Kalghatgi is a recovering engineer with several years of experience in front-end design and development focused on mobile and web UX before completing his MBA at Harvard Business School. through the Yahoo!

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. Information Flow— The modern web reverses the paradigm of getting information as information now flows to us.

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BUZZ Doesn’t Equal BUY: Three Factors To Look For When Seeking Stocks With Long-Term Value

YoungUpstarts

These are easy calculations to make with the availability of cheap or even free stock analytics tools available on the web. A Berkshire Hathaway Chairman’s Letter from 1996 underlines that point. Value means the stock is priced modestly compared to the strength of its balance sheet and cash flow. You don’t have to be Warren Buffett.

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Is 2009 the year of mobile computing?

BeyondVC

  Ever since, he has been using the phone to take pictures nonstop, send emails and SMS messages, stay connected to Facebook, and surf the web looking for the latest news or directions.   If anything, I see wireless as just a natural extension of any web-based product or service. 

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Internet Ad Frenzy – what’s next?

BeyondVC

I first met David in 1996 when he made his move from offline to online advertising as my prior fund invested in the initial round of 24/7. Wow-what a past couple of days! First I would like to say congratulations to David Moore, CEO of 24/7 RealMedia, on the company’s pending sale to WPP Group for $649mm.

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NYC 2.0 (continued)

BeyondVC

I never made it to the Web 2.0 Anyway, I happened to be in San Francisco for a portfolio company board meeting and some other events. When I started as a VC in 1996 and first met many of these entrepreneurs, it was clear that we were all starting from scratch. conference yesterday, and you know how I feel about that label :-).