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Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive (Part 1)

Agile VC

Lane departure warning –> first deployed by Mitsubishi in 1992 and broadly available in early 2000s from Japanese manufactuerers. Subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007 had better results, and the 2007 event was the first actually staged on roads… albeit an abandoned military base in California.

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6 Keys To Startup Wins Without Disruptive Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you may think that disruptive smartphones were an overnight sensation, but in reality, it took huge investments by several different companies starting in 1992, including IBM, Apple, and Google, before the market really took off in 2007.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. In January 2007 I had a resolution to lose weight and I didn’t want to do it through some crash diet like Atkins that I felt wasn’t sustainable for me. Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become.

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5 Business Minded Celebrities You Could Gain Inspiration From

YoungUpstarts

In 2007, he also sold his Rocawear clothing line for a massive $204 million. In 1992, Tony started his own manufacturing company of skateboarding products, which eventually took off. According to Forbes, Jay-Z is worth more than $800 million in 2017. Tony Hawk – Skateboarder.

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Words of widsom from my youth

Altgate

I love all of my “advice&# except maybe point #4. I’m still on the fence on that one and frankly am impressed that I had a point of view some 20 years ago.

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

This ubertrend spurred a host of subtends, including reality shows, like MTV’s The Real World , which debuted in 1992; Celebrity Worship Syndrome , coined in 2003 and propelled by “pixel paparazzis;” HDTV in 1998; helicopter police chases, including the infamous 1994 O.J. Looking At Cooking.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Bob Minor wasn’t an equal partner financially, and may not have been all that valuable as a contributor and manager past the start-up period — but he was a partner nonetheless until the day he died (which was in 1992 or 1993, if I recall correctly). CAM Dharmesh Shah says: October 13, 2006 at 4:53 am Great points.