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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. The Long Awaited Arrival of the Internet Boom. High valuations are fine if the underlying value is there.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Mr. Lindzon’s new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, Assistly, Bit.ly Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!,

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

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

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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear. About Eric.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ).

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. It was a little bit geeky, but I really enjoyed it. Where am I today?