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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

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. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

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. Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen.

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How To Start A Medical Tourism Business

YoungUpstarts

A recent report shows that about 100 million new businesses are launched globally every year, according to GEM Global Report. In 1994 it formed the Joint Commission International (JCI), which works with medical tourism businesses and healthcare organizations in over 100 countries today. Joint Commission International.

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How Does An SSL Certificate Work And Why Do I Need One?

YoungUpstarts

Secure Sockets Layers, better known as SSL, is the global standard of security technology that enables encrypted communication between the web browser and the web server, keeping all information from being intercepted between communication of the browser and server. Since the inception of the SSL in 1994, the TLS was also birthed.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

As early as 1994, he had guessed that the Internet would be the next boom, and people would prefer to buy things online in the future. She is the co-founder of the famous Huffington Post and the founder of Thrive Global. Thanks to Keith Terell, Backpacks Global ! #19- Thanks to Khamis Maiouf, Book of Barbering ! #14-

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

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.

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The Future of Work Is Not That Far Away

YoungUpstarts

by Cory Treffiletti, Global Head of Marketing, Webex.com at Cisco. This along with voice search, or the ability to access structured data from inside the organization while in a meeting means you have unfettered access to insights that can help you collaborate better. I think you’ll agree with the results.