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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

The tech ecosystem got a rude awakening in May 1998 when the U.S. As an example, this is a diagram of the multiple beneficiaries and stakeholders that a software company developing math software for middle school students has to navigate. We ignored Washington and Washington mostly ignored us (defense contractors excepted.)

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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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Why India Will Become The SaaS Hotbed Of Tomorrow

YoungUpstarts

Just as Information Technology (IT) services transformed India in the 1990s, Software as a Service (SaaS) will dramatically shift the nation in the 2020s. Only one decade ago, SaaS products accounted for less than five percent of software. Every software company settled massive budgets to expand and cover any particular bugs.

India 101
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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. June 19th, 2012.

Startup 180
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Why SWOT Analysis Belongs in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

I believe in it because the SWOT phase was vital to my planning process as I grew Palo Alto Software from zero to over $5 million in annual sales. It was also in a SWOT session that we realized we needed to make our product downloadable on the web (back in 1998, when we were among the first).

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Software startups: Beware ‘magic’ bullets

The Equity Kicker

The term ‘pre-chasm’ is a nod to Geoffrey Moore’s 1998 classic Crossing the Chasm and refers to companies that may have sold to early adopters, but haven’t yet found a way to sell to the mainstream. Getting sales going in those early years is terrifically challenging and requires great product and great sales.

Software 106
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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A.