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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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Book: In the Beginning…Was the Command Line

Feld Thoughts

Stephenson wrote it in 1999. As we exit 2020, it’s a great reminder of the place technology was around 20 years ago. As a continual user of a wide variety of technology, I think our modern computing infrastructure is completely fubared. This time I read it on my Kindle, which was fitting.

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Cornell Tech Company: Agronomic Technology Corp (Part 1), Guest Post by Deb Eichten

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Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). Part 1 of 2 part posting by guest blogger Debra Eichten, Entrepreneurship at Cornell staff, interview with the founders of Agronomic Technology. The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology.

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Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as…

Austin Startup

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States. thank you ATI.

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Back In The Filtering Game: Entrepreneur Drawn by The Siren Call Of The Startup

YoungUpstarts

In 1999, my brother Aaron and I started InternetSafety.com. In a flash of brilliance, we took our dial-up filter technology and built a software product that would run on any computer regardless of its Internet connection type. In 1999, he started InternetSafety.com with his brother. Some have been spectacular failures.

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Small business tips: mobile technology, the iPad, and your business

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The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. This is just one example of how businesses are embracing mobile technology. Car dealers are adopting the technology and issuing iPads to their sales staff to help them to stay with the customer from the moment one walks onto the showroom floor.