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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

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. 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. Napster arrived in June, 1999.

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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

Here’s why: Except for early adopters of technology and diehard environmental customers, most people aren’t buying a fuel type, they’re buying transportation. This exponential reduction in battery cost and improvement in battery technology, more than anything else, will affect both the cost and range of electric cars.

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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. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. There will be other layers including place information and open-source data. 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. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. In a technology startup, which most startups are, the foundersshould include technical people. The rulers of the technologybusiness tend to come from technology, not business. This doesnt work well. Thats nonsense.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. They begin on the eastern edge of the city near the Ferry Building and spread westward along Market Street.