VC Cafe
JUNE 26, 2023
But two years after Google came to the fore in 1998, Google became the number one search engine and “Googling” has become synonymous with web search. In the early days of the web, companies like AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler and others competed in becoming the search engine of choice.
rob.by
MARCH 8, 2012
Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard. Yesterday, Michael Pope posted an article titled Technical Cofounders Are a Myth. He begins by explaining how he arrived at his conclusion: I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder – a software engineer who works for no cash – to help me build my dream website.
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VC Cafe
AUGUST 24, 2022
Facebook’s name change to Meta in October 2021was a strong statement: Facebook will become a fully focused on the metaverse within 5 years. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. For example, in 1998, Prof. The vision was presented with videos demonstrating what you’ll be able to do in the Metaverse.
Up and Running
JULY 11, 2014
That said, even renowned founders and investors like Paul Graham have made mistakes. in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. Y Combinator - another company that Paul helped to co-found and that helps startups get funding, with particular emphasis given to those started by young, tech-savvy founders. Sold to Yahoo!
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
Much of what I have found effective is counter-intuitive, because it requires investing more effort in each hire - all in the name of efficiency. Returning to our example of the beleaguered founder who still has the pager, before hiring an operations guy, try promoting someone from within to take on the job.
www.ericsink.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
that the Tech-Ed speakers list had more people named Brian than women. In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. The decision was primarily being driven by myself and one of my co-workers named Mary. Yes, yes, I have two obvious counterexamples right here among my co-workers.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future.
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