VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. From birth, Gen Z has had a unique relationship with a powerful force: modern technology. Remember tech savviness?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

For long-term growth, Infosys was going to slowly pull away from the large outsourcing contracts that had been its bread and butter in the growth phase and launch into new products and solutions riding on the emerging tech trends of cloud computing, big data, analytics, mobility, etc. A lot of people joined the industry from 1995-96.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. What is your mobile strategy? Why do you love speaking to students at universities?

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Berkonomics

MAY 4, 2023

Consider this bit of recent history: In 1995, thirty-five million people used the Internet. And only one percent of these who had access also had mobile phones. And now everyone has access. That is six-tenths of one percent of the world’s population. Consider the numbers.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Yes, from 1995! Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. They look up your mobile location (with your permission), and they’ll come find you. Yes, from 1995! In-stock status. Life of current price. Direct competitor comparisons. Personalization.

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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 Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. The king is dead, long live the king.

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Kodorra

AUGUST 14, 2018

Born between 1980 and 1995, the timing of the rite of passage for this generation loosely coincides with the birth of the Internet and when digital technology went mainstream with compact discs, personal computers and mobile phones. What better way to tap into this hi-tech community than the digital way.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In 1995 the company went public and overnight I became the CEO of a public company. How will mobile change. Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. And an amazing thing happened; sales just kept doubling year over year. I was just in shock!

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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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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Why Being on a College Campus From 1991–1995 Changed My Life. For a while it felt like residing in one of the major Asian cities gave you a sense of what urbanization, mobile tech and popular culture could look like down the road. I visited the future and it made me wealthy. A high-speed network and connection to the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2014

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The trough of disillusionment includes mobile health monitoring, NFC and cloud computing. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

By definition, Gen-Y is the generation born between 1977 and 1995 (synonymous with Millennials). As the most connected and technologically equipped generation in human history, Gen-Y entrepreneurs are using today’s tools of communication, collaboration and mobility to build startups with little or no startup capital and few employees.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Social mobile web. As tablets are replacing magazines on your coffee table, and smart-phones are replacing portable computers, you need to make sure that your content is able to be viewed, shared, and bought on the new mobile devices. This is the youngest demographic, people born after 1995, who are sought-after by all new businesses.

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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 Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. The king is dead, long live the king.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Such technologies, like the digital camera and mobile phones, introduce such novel concepts that they displace existing technology quickly by societal standards. Investors will likely wait for more traction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2013

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The trough of disillusionment includes NFC for mobile payments, cloud computing, gesture control, virtual worlds, and more. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2017

As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites. Generation Z (born after 1995) is a new major spending demographic, who expects to do everything via their smartphone, and lives on YouTube videos, instead of reading instruction manuals.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

Meanwhile, a Scandinavian media company called Schibsted, whose publications had been free online since 1995, has begun scoring visitors on their likelihood of subscribing using information it has paired from Facebook and then customizing ads touting the benefits of becoming a subscriber.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

Much has been written about the characteristics – and quirks – of the Millennial Generation, those born between 1982 and 1995. As for Internet use, email, surfing and searching for information are the most popular uses for computers and mobile phones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2013

Christensen in “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” way back in 1995. Such technologies, like the digital camera and mobile phones, introduce such novel concepts that they displace existing technology quickly by societal standards. Investors will wait for more traction. The concept of disruptive technology was first introduced by Clayton M.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Facebook will do $7-8B in revenue this year, essentially none was from mobile ads last year and now >40% of their ad revenue is from mobile ads. Cloud Computing Strength Accelerates - “Cloud” gets thrown around as much as mobile without really parsing the underlying trends.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 12, 2016

The other story of this era that isn’t shown on the chart is the explosion of unit sales, first from growth in PC and more recently from growth in mobile. Overall that’s a 46x growth in the number of computers sold per quarter since 1995. Meanwhile iOS and Android have grown from nothing in 2007 to c400m per quarter.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

In an experiment conducted to study the effects of product expectations on subjective usability ratings, participants read a positive or a negative product review for a novel mobile device before a usability test, while the control group read nothing. And actual usability will matter much less if the overall visual appeal is low.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2017

In 1995, thirty-five million people used the Internet. And only one percent of these who had access also had mobile phones. This time they are aided by tail winds brought on by the rapid spread of access to the Internet. That is six-tenths of one percent of the world’s population.

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The trough of disillusionment includes mobile health monitoring, NFC and cloud computing. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc.

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The trough of disillusionment includes mobile health monitoring, NFC and cloud computing. Image via Wikipedia. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. They said I don’t understand mobile. The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2010

back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

But, when Amazon first issued its mission statement in 1995: …to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Build a user-friendly and reliable mobile app if you offer eCommerce.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Mobiles tell us where we are, and why we are there. Not being listed or ‘located’ via mobile is like not being listed in the white pages. People born after 1995 have never know life without the internet. Forget the net – launch with mobile. The two must service each other, not compete or be viewed as separate worlds.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Through the process, I was struck by just how much marketplaces have evolved since eBay sparked the first wave of product-focused marketplaces in 1995. Mobile unlocks new use cases. Since the launch of Ebay, nothing has had a bigger impact on our buying and social habits than the rise of the mobile phone.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

For example, you could be dealing with different channels (“on-site”, “in-app”, “mobile web”, etc.). Personalization for mobile sites, web applications and mobile apps is trailing behind, relatively uncharted. But personalization is on the rise. via Evergage). Context is important here.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The ’90s saw broader adoption by the middle class but even in 1995 only 28% of US households had a computer (US Census / Pegasus Research). Even in the consumer space, desktop computers were typically a “home computer” shared by all occupants until very recently. Read More ».

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

A recent example of these histrionics came over proposed regulation of the mobile phone industry; the same arguments were trotted out, the same “sky will fall” predictions made, yet the consumer protections embodied in those regulations did not lead to anything other than massive growth in the wireless communications market.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

What a great way to transform them into mobile advertisements. Beginning in 1995 as BackRub, Google slowly and steadily began to conquer the world. Google was initially meant to be a search engine and today the company has ventured into wearable technology, renewable energy, mobile phones, and other web applications.

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