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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

Pantheon is building “A big badass platform that will run 30% of the Internet.” Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:19:42 AM. When I was was in college, I found some books written on the future social impact of the Internet on the World. Friends from the campaign went on to run Obama’s Internet operation.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

In 2013, he successfully executed a summer campaign that included larger models with the help of Hollywood superstar Beyonce- known for her body positivity and great confidence. Larry Page is one of the most outstanding internet entrepreneurs the computer industry has ever seen. I really admire H&M's CEO Karl-Johan Person.

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Boston Unicorns

Seeing Both Sides

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. And if you want to build a consumer Internet company, there are few role models. . However, I am quite optimistic about the future.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

According to Transparency International in 2013, Nigeria was the world’s 144th most corrupt country out of the 177 countries monitored. Moreover, investment in the country has been slow to accelerate. Perceptions that it is too dangerous to do business and that corruption is rife are largely correct.

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

As many of you know, in the past I’ve done a series of posts deconstructing the S-1s of VC-backed internet startups going public. I thought I’d provide a little analysis of Twitter based on their S-1, but also strive to put it in a broader context of other consumer internet businesses and where we are in the current tech cycle.

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PC For Rent – How To Make Money Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

YoungUpstarts

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. (Unless it’s a high-end supercomputer with a computing capacity of 10 000 regular PCs.)

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We Were Right – Just a Decade Early

Feld Thoughts

We were all investing in Internet-related stuff at the end of the 1990s. Jerry and Fred had one of the most successful VC funds during this time period until the Internet bubble burst and blew us all up for a while. 2003 – 2012 was the climb to Enlightenment. 2013 forward has been the plateau of Productivity.

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