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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. For the rest of our lives, we’ll all remember this global pandemic that changed everything. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. In 1999, we sold that business and I started angel investing. Starting a tech company after this?

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Global Mobile Internet Data Traffic To Explode 13-Fold By 2017: Cisco

YoungUpstarts

Or 134 times all the Internet Protocol traffic (fixed and mobile) generated in the year 2000. Singapore, as the gateway to the rest of Asia, remains in a position to harness these trends by enabling service providers to work ahead of the curve in providing better user experiences on mobile devices.”

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Does the rest of your team measure progress the way you are? If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas. Many of us suffered in the 2000–2002 dotcom crash and/or the 2007–2009 Great Recession; others hardly noticed a blip. The rest will take care of itself.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring. Double-down on great people, process & IP. I love that.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

I can explain why, but if you saw what Brad Feld or Alexander Muse or Fred Wilson or Joel Spolsky or (my favorite take) Andrew Warner write about why they dont sign NDA s, you can skip the rest of this post. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. Jay Smooth.

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Transcript of Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

Brian Dean: I would keep those out of the rest of the interview. In other words, if you’re trying to check on results and track results, sometimes it’s a little challenging if your IP address is in Kansas City, Missouri. I mean there’s probably 2000 words on that page, but then links off to in a very logical way.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Even today, more than 20 years later , many businesses and consumers consider Word and the rest of Office absolutely essential to being able to use their Mac for business and personal use. The year was 2000, and the hardest part about the AdWords project was simply getting agreement that they could work on it.

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