Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth.
ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 25, 2020
This was also the time when major companies set up their online properties to sell and buy products. The breakthrough here is how smaller online shops found a platform that helped them reach the global market and be a part of this new rising phenomenon. But there’s a catch 22. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen.
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Hearpreneur
AUGUST 28, 2022
He's not afraid to fail, and that willingness to experiment has led to some of Microsoft's most successful products. I consider Steve Jobs to be a very successful entrepreneur, not only because of his readily apparent financial prosperity but more so because he used his know-how of how people think to market his products incredibly well.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. Take note of the goals you tend to put off and the productive tasks you habitually avoid.
Hearpreneur
APRIL 13, 2022
It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. It's difficult not to include Steve Jobs at the top of that list; he established a brand in Apple that altered global habits and elevated the importance of design in our daily lives. 7- Netflix.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
The remainder failed as a result of the phenomenon of investing in the best deals in their region which typically were not competitive on a national or global scale. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” This isn’t correct either. A good example is Symantec. Taking all five at once is crazy.
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