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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. The pendulum swings to and fro. link] leehower. Great points. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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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. Each new investor tends to raise valuations and lower returns for all the other competitive investors.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco. We’ve also seen an increase in the syndication of investments from firms outside of Austin into specific Texas-based companies such as Studio VC, Goodwater Capital, and Highland Capital Partners?—?all all Bay Area firms?—?

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Building Competency in Semantic Web Technology - Part II

semanticuniverse.com

Web technologies are no different; the syndication formats RSS and Atom were the subject of a bitter format war starting around the year 2000. Even when marketing to technologists, education costs are important. If those who will adopt the technology are themselves technologists (e.g.,