Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. The model was a perfect fit for the Internet Age. Survived phenomenal growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2017

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. The model was a perfect fit for the Internet Age. Survived phenomenal growth.

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.Net Advertising Search Internet 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Sure, you may need to give the product away for free to get traction, but assume you will have to sell something someday to get profitable and stay alive. When their deep pockets went empty, Google stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads.

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Widget Angel Investor Revenue Early Stage 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Sure, you may need to give the product away for free to get traction, but assume you will have to sell something someday to get profitable and stay alive. When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads.

Widget 137

Widget Angel Investor Revenue Early Stage 137

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

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Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 295

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2012

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. The model was a perfect fit for the Internet Age. Survived phenomenal growth.

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Founder Search Advertising Engineer 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2011

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. The model was a perfect fit for the Internet Age. Survived phenomenal growth.

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Advertising Founder Search Internet 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2016

By some estimates , humankind now captures the same amount of data in any two days than in all of history prior to 2003. Businesses see this as the Holy Grail for finally being able to predict who, where, and when customers will buy their existing solutions, and what their future solutions must look like to be attractive.

Social Media 120

Social Media Analytics Global Finance 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

By some estimates , humankind now captures the same amount of data in any two days than in all of history prior to 2003. Businesses see this as the Holy Grail for finally being able to predict who, where, and when customers will buy their existing solutions, and what their future solutions must look like to be attractive.

Social Media 120

Social Media Analytics Global Finance 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2010

In 2003, just four years old, sales hit $1.5 Google developed the most profitable form of advertising anyone had ever seen, ads selected real-time based on search terms. They focused on small advertisers looking for bargains. The model was a perfect fit for the Internet Age. Survived phenomenal growth.

Advertising 222

Advertising Search Internet Founder 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. He later changed the name to Facebook. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63

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Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 221