Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Paris, November 1998. I guessed the measuring spoon was not used diligently. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Software 2.0: Cracking the SMB code.

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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.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

Addepar is precisely trying to collect and convert into software these best practices. (ff We over-weighted small cap value stocks in 1998-2002. One can pay a one-time fee to a third party consultant to help one find and perform due diligence on such advisors. It was a nutty thing to do at the time.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. Software is eating the world. Oil and gas—new finds are increasingly software driven.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. Over-the-air updates for car software will become essential. For example, accelerometers-on-a-chip made airbags possible as they were able to detect a crash in progress. This feature was finally required in 2013.

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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. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1990-1998 13.3% 22% 1990-1998 13.3%

SEC 36

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Shechtman, who was born in Tel Aviv in 1941, had previously been awarded the Israel Prize in Physics in 1998 and the Wolf Prize in Physics a year later. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there. Shechtman is the tenth Israeli to win the Nobel Prize.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

She co-founded an aircraft scheduling software company in 1998 that ended in a profitable exit. Gabriella is co-founder and managing partner of Tech Wildcatters, a Dallas-based seed accelerator. Previously, she was with HP Growth Partners, an early stage venture fund in Dallas.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. People feared they were going to have a monopoly over the Internet due to “bunding&# Internet Explorer with their operating system.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

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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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

“The median net return to VC fund investors has not been positive for any vintage year since 1998″ – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Avoid Decision by Indecision – [link]. Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. Thanks to Nick Chandi, SlickPie Accounting Software ! #8 Did the Canucks win their last hockey game? What were the election results? What was happening? 8 – The Unsung Hero of Health.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I reviewed 50,000 words that Bezos wrote in a shareholder letters over time. I analyzed all the, all of the letters, put them through software tools. If you look at readability statistics or readability software, it's measured by grade level. Duct Tape Transcript.

Seattle 63

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 8, 2018

At first we considered hundreds of potential names, created software to look for URLs, asked friends, made Facebook posts, held meetings and drank a lot. I created blueberrycloud in August of 2015 shortly after I left my position at a local software company. It took over 6 months to come up with the name. None of it worked.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash. Amdocs is an Israeli founded provider of software and services for billing, customer relationship management (CRM) and operations support systems (OSS). and was founded in 1998.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was mostly timing.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2016

To do so, they reached out to Mercenta (a retargeting software company) to help get more website visitors into their local Mazda dealerships by way of some smart PPC ads. Selling more than 17 million bags since 1998, eBags knew they had huge retargeting potential, but what they did with their data was pretty creative. Image Source.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The lovable rogue may question and break the laws of polite society, but always adheres to a personal code of ethics and tries not to harm others (think Captain Jack Sparrow). .” In print and on screen, pirates fall into two basic categories: Lovable rogues, and sociopathic criminals and thieves.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. If something caught my eye, I’d immediately send a message to them, or do a little due diligence to see what the website was about. DOING DUE DILIGENCE.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

We think of the techniques were developing for dealing with large numbers of startups as like software. Sometimes it literally is software, like. The way to get really big returns is to do things that seem crazy, like starting a new search engine in 1998, or turning down a billion dollar acquisition offer. Well have to.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9) 9) Horrible Experience.

Entrepreneur 48

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Romer analyzed every fourth down that occurred in every quarter of every NFL game from 1998 to 2000. Algorithms will be the heart and soul of due diligence — it’s not just a sanity- check mechanism,” said Matt Oguz, the managing partner of new investment firm Palo Alto Venture Science. It’s not just baseball.

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