thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Dfinity, an ambitious new protocol for blockchain based cloud computing, raised over $100M in pre-sale funding from Silicon Valley investors including a16z Crypto. The writer would have probably written a similar piece about the internet in 2000. The post Drinking from a Firehose appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Offshore Singapore India 40

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Brentwood Associates [Silicon Valley] –> Founded in the early 70s and focused primarily on VC, Brentwood had big wins in both IT like Wellfleet Communications (big chunk of what eventually became Nortel) and WebTV (part of Microsoft) and healthcare (various businesses that make up a big chunk of what is now Medtronic and Baxter).

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. After more than eight years?—?they’ve

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. Their company, my company and countless others espoused cloud-based applications. The power of the web increased dramatically and “Cloud Computing&# began to take a huge leap forward. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector. We should not let the greed emotions cloud our judgement. This is similar in effect to the epic 1996-2000 Internet Bubble cycle but for the expansion of the players in the pre-IPO inner bubble circle. It is intentional.

Valuation 50

Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The European and Israeli cloud ecosystem is accelerating as never before. Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. The development of Azure and the shift to the cloud has propelled the company to new heights.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As Amazon grew bigger and much more complex, you're talking about adding artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Flat, you've flywheel, you know, in every startup, you know, Silicon Valley, you know, entrepreneur is using, you know that as Exactly. I analyzed all the, all of the letters, put them through software tools.

Seattle 63

Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no. and corporate infrastructure (Cloud storage and apps); 4) for our banking and financial systems.

Internet 295

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. This line in your article stood out to me: "Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy."

DC 90

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. It reminds me of living in Silicon Valley 10 years ago when so many foundational SaaS companies were started. Europe has also joined the race with its first Cloud giants.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Nothing is going to stop cloud. So the shift towards cloud services. ALEXIA TSOTSIS.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

“Do you know,” exclaimed an elderly venture capitalist over lunch in the Garden Court at the Palace Hotel on New Montgomery Street, “within a ten-block radius of where we are sitting is the cloud computing center of the world?” By all accounts, the first one burst in 2000 when the NASDAQ crash brought the first dot-com era to a close.

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

2000 – Digital Video Recorders (DVR) like TiVo allowing consumer to skip commercials was going to be the end of the TV business. 2006 - broadcasters sued Cablevision (and lost) to prevent the launch of a cloud-based DVR to its customers. ” We wonder, “Why can’t the film industry innovate like Silicon Valley?”

Silicon Valley 336

Silicon Valley Distribution Washington Channel 336