1999 Advertising Internet Web 
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 23, 2018
These companies that own these websites spend billions of dollars on advertising and are regularly visited by the most Internet users. Hyperlocal marketing is the original advertising strategy. This ostensibly old-fashioned form of advertising is where you can make your splash. Local advertising is your gold mine.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. Today we’re online 3.1
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The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 9, 2015
Back in 1999 when I got my first job in the venture industry I remember having a debate with my boss about the relative importance of product and distribution for startups. Since then the internet has changed everything and for most industries product is now far more important than distribution. He was right.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
I had a really fun 20-minute interview with Howard Lindzon of Stock Twits as part of a 5-part series on whether the web is dead. The topic of whether the web is dead was kicked off by Chris Andersen of Wired Magazine in this article. The Internet existed long before the World Wide Web and web browsers were created.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. Yes, we know there was email marketing in 1999, but it was in its infancy. Placed strategically, advertising on billboards can put your business, brand, or campaign directly in the path of your target audience.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
By day he works on web and social media for HP. We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth).
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