1999 Developer Distribution Social Network 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. And this is about to grow even faster.”
ConversionXL
APRIL 24, 2019
The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Developing a moat isn’t formulaic. Social networks have their own switching costs.
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thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.
Sophia Perl of Wisdom
AUGUST 27, 2011
A notable site is FaceSmash which sold for $30k the week the movie Social Network came out. Even Perez Hilton blogged about Flippa because of its relationship to FaceSmash and Social Network. The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Large corporations such as Oracle, American Express, and Bank of America have also recognized the value of incorporating virtual assistance services in their business development strategies. Then identify the goals and distribute them to the various departments in your company.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Folksonomy. Free product. Page 5: Financials.
Reid Hoffman
MAY 16, 2020
I just knew that subscription-based dial-up services like CompuServe and America Online, and the one I’d been working on at Apple, eWorld , could potentially distribute information in far more powerful ways than what you could do with books, TV, and other traditional forms of media. It was 1999. So how do you do this?
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