1998 1999 Internet Management 
Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. Antone Johnson.
Hunter Walker
MARCH 16, 2023
Our professors were literally rewriting the case studies in real time and my participation in the very first Internet Marketing class the GSB ever offered is a form of carbon dating that conclusively proves my old age. As became clear quickly: the Stanford Business School Class of 1998 had founded the good Internet 1.0
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Austin Startup
JANUARY 31, 2018
That’s a big fundamental change seeing that since the start of the internet and sites like broadcast.com and YouTube, we, the users, have always had a public text chat. On a “dream big” kind of note, I would love to meet Mark Cuban as he was one of the people responsible for broadcast.com back in 1999 when it sold to Yahoo.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. For starters we saw a huge influx of inexperienced managers enter the VC industry proving clearly that being a VC is not a purely quantitative job. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. The Funding Problem.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. Telecom O2 learning to move at the speed of the internet 500 Startups and their accelerated feedback loops on what works, and what doesn't work in early-stage investing.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
Many people know Akamai as the purveyor of the Internet’s backbone. Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. Akamai: The Present.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 27, 2022
And without missing a beat, he said Jeff Bezos, because Jay Bezos was not only a visionary, but he was also creative and invented so many mechanisms that startups and managers and leaders use today. Think of it as a mantra in 1998, in a second shareholder letter, or 1999 Yeah. (20:43): So plus John, look, we're storytellers.
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