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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

Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. Tech companies realized it’s easier to host an ecommerce website than open a shop and pay for the warehouse as well. Customer Reviews and Engagements. Webstore Optimization.

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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Online calculators provide instant loan estimates, loan applications can be completed and submitted in a matter of minutes, and sophisticated web-based technology helps accelerate the credit decision process.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

A Harvard Business School report, “ The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation ,” declares that large banks approve only 33 percent of loans under $100,000, compared to 60 percent approved by small banks. Search for community lenders in your area. Meet the community lenders.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

Not only is he a visionary thinker who was ahead of his time in terms of understanding the potential of technology, but he's also an incredible leader and motivator. He surrounded himself with great people, thought strategically, and his exceptional insights about technology and its possibilities got him where he is today.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. But this is still hardly a bubble multiple. The internet is working.

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Twitter Link Roundup #185 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting perspective from Steve Jobs about his legacy (from 1994) – [link]. The Psychological Guide to Starting Up: Preparing Loved Ones | by Zach Davis in Tech Cocktail – [link]. Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong: How Brands Can Avoid Messy Marketing Mistakes | Search Engine Watch – [link].