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Brandanew
JULY 15, 2015
While the brand/ products had found organic mentions all over the Internet and who’s who media of their particular industry, the brand itself had little presence on social media or Google. These are people born after the 1980s who grew into the online world of the Internet, social technologies, computers.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. Startups could now get a first version of a product out to customers in weeks/months rather than months/years.
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Create a specific product that satisfies the needs of your target market. Start on your good idea.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Andrew Chen responded to that with a thoughtful post about how the ‘funding goalposts continue to move’ Here’s the money quote: It’s been widely noted that investing milestones have evolved quickly over time: In 1998, you’d raise $5M Series A with an idea and not much else. You didn’t need to build a datacenter either.
Ben's Blog
JUNE 18, 2011
Let us look at examples of the last two major computing cycles (prior to the Internet). As you can see, we are poised to hit the major adoption wave for the Internet technology platform over the next 8 years. The internet is working. A lot has changed since the internet bubble eleven years ago. Today, there are over 2.1
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
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.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? Many people know Akamai as the purveyor of the Internet’s backbone. Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001.
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