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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0: These questions seem suspiciously familiar, and I wonder if the OG’s of the Web 2.0

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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

YoungUpstarts

By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them.

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Turn Your Web Design Talent Into Freelance Success

YoungUpstarts

By Dan Bochichio, co-founder of Bocain Designs. It’s 2016, and just about everyone either does business online or uses the internet as a tool to discover, rate and engage with businesses they rely upon. Web design is an increasingly competitive profession. As the old adage goes, “If it were easy, everyone would do it.”

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6 Reasons Your Business Needs A Web Presence To Start

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. Here are a few: Register domain name and set up hosting.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. trillion by 2030.

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Generative AI – The End of Empty Textboxes

TechEmpower

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. If you’ve ever used a similar application, (or if you’ve ever used the Internet at all) you’ve probably seen this approach before. Are you a founder or CEO or head of product?

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I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

The founder explains that the product or service is so “buzz-worthy” that the merits will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs.

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