BeyondVC

JUNE 2, 2004

Rather than go into the software (which I really like btw, combination RSS reader, bookmark manager, and simple collaboration tool), I wanted to share some of our thoughts about consumer-based web businesses circa 2004. Paid search didn’t exist years ago. The post Web-based businesses circa 2004 appeared first on BeyondVC.

Web 60

Web XML Guerilla RSS 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 25, 2011

Flowplayer – open source flash video player that allows you to customize the player for your embedded video and create a branded player – a step up from simple YouTube embeds for serious video experience. All rights reserved.

Small Business 57

Small Business Marketing Widget Flash 57

www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. The real point of the usual advice is not to inflate our egos--it is to remind us that we should not be afraid to search for the best people. Twelve years later, I think there is some wisdom in hiring people who have made significant contributions to an open source community project.

Hiring 40

Hiring Software Review Coder Illinois 40

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Until 2004, when the U.S. Musk, by making his fast chargers available to others and open-sourcing Tesla’s patents , has intentionally filled a potential moat. The ability to reach large swaths of customers organically, via organic search, is a powerful moat. If you left your provider, you lost your phone number.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. You declare how much someone clicking an advertisement is worth to you, and then the search engine does its best to get you as many clicks as it can at that price. Labels: search engine marketing 4comments: Tauya said.

SEM 164

SEM San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 164

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

When the first DARPA Grand Challenge, a competition to build an autonomous car to complete a 150-mile route, was held in 2004, the concept seemed audacious and it was. A quick Google search shows their amusing variety. Even ten years ago, most of us couldn’t imagine a self-driving car. The farthest distance traveled was 7.3

Artificial Inteligence 183

Artificial Inteligence Government Nevada Cost 183

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. But look beyond this list as well — search on AngelList for investors who have made more than one investment in your space in the past 12 months, and who bring some of their own relevant experience. Open Source Lists.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

era emerged circa 2004, it really did feel like we’d discovered some kind of utopia. Try going for a week without using a computer, smartphone, search engine, ecommerce, social media account, SMS, private message or email, to name a few services. After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business.

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. Sure, your generic search of google for "how to create a dynamic webpage" will list you hundreds of thousands of sites referencing PHP, but that doesnt mean the community is top notch.

PHP 166

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco 166

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

The first page results of a search for “tech 2.0 Another group, launched just before or after 2000, were stable enough to succeed while newer companies like Salesforce (1999), Google (1998), Twitter (2006), and Yelp (2004) have taken off like jackrabbits. A Wired article entitled “Will 2014 Be the Year the Tech Bubble Bursts?”

San Francisco 20

San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20