The Startup Magazine
MARCH 14, 2022
However, that has rapidly changed over the years due to several factors. Bitcoin has become very popular in the last year due to recent successes like the Bitcoin Foundation’s regulatory efforts and Bitcoin’s use by major companies like OkCupid and Overstock. Bitcoin Up is also helping many investors in bitcoin trading. .
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.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The Funding Problem.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
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.
Ben's Blog
MARCH 24, 2011
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 open source movement dramatically reduced the cost and improved the quality of systems software.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. 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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