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What if it’s 1996, not 1999?

Seeing Both Sides

million in revenue the year before. . If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. billion market capitalization.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. The revenue on the darkroom rental was close to what I was making weekly, I was in disbelief.

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Busted or Confirmed? 3 Common Myths About Starting A Business

crowdSPRING Blog

For every example of a successful company that proves a myth wrong, there will always be one that will prove it right, especially in today’s world of rapidly expanding technology and connectivity. Bygrave’s ideas echo a 1984 study by George Washington University. Startups are the epitome of unpredictability and extremes.

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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. The Movie Industry and Technology Progress. The Movie Industry and Technology Progress. In each case, the new technology produced a new market far larger than the impact it had on the existing market. Technology Innovation.