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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin was conceptualised in 1998 by Satoshi Nakamoto (thought to be possibly a pseudonym), however, the first official Bitcoin transaction did not occur until January 12th, 2009 when Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 Bitcoins for two Papa John’s pizzas (Dowling 2013). Conclusion.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

Using just two data points, the modem I had in 1986 and the modem I had in 1998, the spreadsheet predicts that I’d have a 25 megabit/second connection in 2012. Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. There will be other layers including place information and open-source data. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Over time, open source software the rise of the next wave of web startups and the embrace of Agile Engineering meant that startups no longer needed millions of dollars to buy specialized computers and license expensive software – they could start a company on their credit cards. The New Exits. Tools in the New Bubble.

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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

The barrier to flying cars is not in the design or building of a viable airframe. Companies like Chris Anderson’s 3D Robotics have built, along with the open source community, the ArduPilot, a sub-$500 autopilot for unmanned drones. By 2030 or slightly earlier, all vehicles should be fully autonomous.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. Surely 1998 was a little late to arrive at the party.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Until recently Showplace Square’s post-quake red-brick warehouses were home to furniture and interior design showrooms, but soon, if the real estate developers have their way and the tech economy continues to expand, they will be converted to offices filled with even more “techies.”