YoungUpstarts
JULY 5, 2011
His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website. GoodBuzz allows organizers to leverage on various channels – email, social networks, banners, word-of-mouth, etc. – to promote their campaigns. The African Boy Who Could.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.
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Occam's Razor
JUNE 4, 2018
Social cues to the rescue. Yes, from 1995! Social cues to the rescue. The last couple of months have not been great for social networks. A minority might believe that the whole social media thing is going to die. Got social nudges? Yes, from 1995! Life of current price. Personalization.
Ben's Blog
AUGUST 28, 2012
In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more more than the combined market capitalizations of Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo, Netscape and the entire Internet sector. But to have such a birth, we must first have a funeral.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 19, 2013
However, businesses are beginning to realize the marketing potential it offers and are utilizing it to bolster their eCatalogs and E-commerce websites. Pinterest has recently added the ability to open accounts for businesses, which has made it even easier for companies to market their products on this platform. Social Proof.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. Meebo’s current focus is US market.&#. For Meebo 1.3%
Ben's Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
This was not so illogical as most companies didn’t even run TCP/IP—they ran proprietary networking protocols such as AppleTalk, Netbios, and SNA. As late as November 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book entitled The Road Ahead in which he predicted that the Information Super Highway would rule the future.
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