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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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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Here’s my take: 1. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]

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Why Pioneers Have Arrows In Their Backs

Steve Blank

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. Soon every other VC was using the phrase to justify the reckless “get big fast” strategies of dot-com startups during the Internet Bubble. The only problem is that it’s simply not true. By then it was too late.

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Will Meta’s Metaverse efforts survive the latest setbacks?

VC Cafe

” A number of key execs departed including COO, CTO and other s… With the rise of TikTok and BeReal, Facebook is losing its grip in the top 10 social apps Meta r aised the price of its two-year-old Quest 2 by $100 citing rising costs. For example, in 1998, Prof.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. The Funding Problem.

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

Up and Running

in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. This company is Kickstarter for funding ‘low-cost, high-impact medical care for people in need’. Harness the internet to validate your business idea. Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Sold to Yahoo!

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. And then came AOL.