TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This gives us a point of view about servers and modern web application development that isn't terribly common these days: each server in your cluster should be able to process a significant amount of user load. A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000. Easy stuff should be easy.

Guinea 200

Guinea Application Development Ruby Web Development 200

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem. Today’s Normalization.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Ask developers if they’ve been involved with a previous web startup and what their role was in the startup.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP. Much better.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78