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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. It preceded the WWW but then become the onramp to the Internet for newbies. When Time Warner & AOL merged it was widely feared that this would be a monopoly that would control the Internet. We have been using social networks for 25+ years.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue!

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5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s technology, data flow and coordination are readily achieved through common Internet protocols and application programming interfaces (APIs). Way back in 2002, Jeff Bezos at Amazon issued an ultimatum to completely institute internal APIs within the company, and later to their millions of suppliers.

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Bottoms Up Everyone: A New Economic Revolution Is Upon Us

YoungUpstarts

Internet commerce technology has unleashed the capabilities of ordinary Americans to take matters into their own hands and craft—often literally—their own livelihoods. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees. by Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

While I am extremely proud of that team’s accomplishments (the parent company recombined Nordstrom.com in 2002 and the direct division now has revenue of over $1.25B and is the fastest growing unit inside of Nordstrom ), I built a healthy respect for the complexities and difficulties of managing women’s fashion inventory.

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

David Cohen

You are the engine of our future, after all. In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. By 2002 the NASDAQ had fallen by nearly 80%. Now is the time for you to adapt, to show your strength. Use your advantages. Do more faster. Emerge stronger. You can do this. We are all rooting for you to do this. You are the employers of tomorrow.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. 1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook).

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