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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. Anyone remember the web hosting rollup? A few companies got bought before the whole Internet-bubble thing fell apart, and we almost managed to get bought (for around $500 million, but that’s another story for another day.).

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The Making of DigitalMarketer With Founder Ryan Deiss

Duct Tape Marketing

Ryan is also the founder and host of the Traffic & Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conversion conference in North America. Key Takeaway: Ryan Deiss starting building the empire of businesses he has today by selling eBooks right from his dorm room back in 1999. 7:23] When did you start DigitalMarketer? [10:27]

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Why Small Businesses Should Adopt A Geofencing Marketing Strategy

YoungUpstarts

If you own a small business, you should know that internet marketing is essential to your company’s success. In 1999 with a graphic design partner he opened E-Webstyle (now eWebResults ) a website design and development company. by Christopher Burres, owner of eWebResults. But have you heard of geofencing?

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Feld Thoughts

If you lived through the Internet-bubble between 1999 and 2002 you know this cycle well. The web hosting business – lead by Exodus – almost entirely went bankrupt or was restructured. And, you know that the companies that survived it were the ones with very strong fundamental businesses (e.g.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

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Waves of technology platforms

Startup Lessons Learned

I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I had heard that all great companies built their applications on Oracle. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

By 1999 we had grown into the largest independent consulting firm in the world. By 1999 it seemed like everybody was growing, though. Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses.

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