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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth). Gene Kim laughed at my prediction. Napster arrived in June, 1999.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

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. How did Akamai do it? . .

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Moshe says that the Israeli economy is in good shape and has momentum, yet has a cloudy forecast ahead of it.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

Simon Lack reports in The Hedge Fund Mirage that from 1998 to 2010, hedge fund managers earned $379 billion in fees, while their investors earned only $70 billion in investing gains. This option-based valuation methodology can also be used to explain the early 2000 internet/telecom bubble in the public markets.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1990-1998 13.3% 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6%

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. My name is John Bates.