OnlyOnce

JULY 2, 2018

Consumers are coming to understand and appreciate that the real cost of a “free” internet lies in advertising and data collection. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve kept consumer choice, permission, and transparency at the center of our business.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 2, 2018

Consumers are coming to understand and appreciate that the real cost of a “free” internet lies in advertising and data collection. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve kept consumer choice, permission, and transparency at the center of our business.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 11, 2021

1999 wasn’t the dark ages, but it feels like a different millennium in terms of what it’s like to start a technology company from scratch. The cloud and micro services/APIs mean that we are able to build our platform much more quickly at much lower cost than in the past. It’s much easier to build a startup today.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? The CIC, founded in 1999, is located adjacent to MIT and has more than 100,000 sq ft of space for nearby startups that qualify to be housed there. The latest technology lab that I came across was dogpatch labs run by Polaris Ventures.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Your best bet is probably taking an existing market and serving a portion of it better than the competition, through lower cost or a different set of features. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Don’t spend time and money on getting the word out about your product beyond what you need to do discovery and validation.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 4, 2004

As you know, I have always been interested in this trend since my first post in October 2003 and since I invested in a number of companies in 1998 and 1999 like LivePerson and Expertcity (GoToMyPC) that subscribed to the ASP business model. Packaged software with huge installation costs is not. For the vendor, it makes it: 1.

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