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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

The hardware trend showed that internet connection speeds were increasing, and by 2005, the speed of the connection would be sufficient that we could reasonably stream video in real time without resorting to heroic amounts of video compression or miracles in internet protocols. Nine years later, in February 2005, YouTube arrived.

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Covid-19: Senator Bill Frist, M.D. Second Opinion Podcast

Feld Thoughts

Dr. Schuchat also served as director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases from 2006-2015 and Chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch from 1998-2005. She served as acting CDC director from January-July 2017 and February-March 2018. She joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in 1988.

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Dallas Startup Happy Hour Tomorrow

The Startup Lawyer

Blake has long been involved in the Dallas startup scene, having helped organize the first BarCamp Dallas in 2005. She co-founded an aircraft scheduling software company in 1998 that ended in a profitable exit. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters. Previously, she was with HP Growth Partners, an early stage venture fund in Dallas.

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State of the internet: Mobile and social still big growth drivers

The Equity Kicker

Microsoft’s market share of operating systems is 35%, down from 96% in 1998-2005. Mobile apps are used nearly five times as much as mobile websites. 26-35% of people using their tablets as a second screen are engaging in activity related to what they’re watching – that’s much higher than I’ve seen reported in other surveys.

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Will Meta’s Metaverse efforts survive the latest setbacks?

VC Cafe

For example, in 1998, Prof. Paul Krugman, a Noble Prize winning economist, predicted that by 2005 it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy will be no greater than the Fax machine… Source: (you can check the authenticity on Snopes).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Everything).

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