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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Then there were challenges with fulfillment logistics, difficulty maintaining DVD quality, and trying to figure out how to do all this in a way that covered costs and generated some cash. The year was 2000, and the hardest part about the AdWords project was simply getting agreement that they could work on it. In 1993, Word 6.0

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? The pendulum swings to and fro. link] leehower.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

It is mathematically impossible for the median investor to beat a low-cost index, after expenses. (Of This option-based valuation methodology can also be used to explain the early 2000 internet/telecom bubble in the public markets. This is a key reason why the average retail investor consistently earns below-average returns.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco. all Bay Area firms?—?

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