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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. » Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. ,

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How AI And Big Data Are Changing Century-Old Media Companies

YoungUpstarts

by William Ammerman, author of “ The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning “ In the early days of the internet, the news was always free. Yet, from the beginnings of the internet age, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) never caved. But in the age of the Invisible Brand, it’s toast.

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13 industries that tech founders should watch

The Next Web

Thought leadership. After English speakers, Mandarin, Spanish, and Arabic speakers are the biggest users of the Internet. As my co-founder likes to say, augmented reality today is equivalent to the Internet in 1995. Michael Mayernick , Spinnakr. Differentiating yourself as a credible tech founder is important.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

A few soundbites from the future: Leadership: It’s no longer about being king of the mountain, it’s about being center of the circle. There are 5 senses, and we still can’t experience 3 of them on the internet – so we must complete the connection / transaction off line…. The internet is trying to mimic the real world.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Keys of Leadership Culture. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Government.

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Looking Forward to 2025

Feld Thoughts

The last was dinner with Alex Rigopulos, the co-founder of Harmonix, which he co-founded with Eran Egozy in 1995, sold in 2007, bought back in 2010, and is still running today. If you are on a leadership team, the question “how did the quarter go?” We started Techstars in 2006 and ran the first Boston program in 2009.

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Entrepreneurs and #RubyRiot In Boston

Feld Thoughts

Periodically the meme surfaces that “the only place you can create a great software / Internet company is in the bay area.&# Sure – it’s had it’s ups and downs, but when I lived here from 1983 to 1995 the entrepreneurial vector was awesome. They are halfway through the program and are stunning.

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