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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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. A high-speed network and connection to the Internet. In Outliers , author Malcolm Gladwell famously popularizes the ‘10,000 hour’ rule — namely, it takes approximately that amount of time to develop true expertise in an area.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Unemployment fell to 6.1%

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. It was the best 5 days of networking I spent last year. If you attract names like these you’re bound to attract some media attention and then Chad Hurley dropped the bomb that he was leaving YouTube while he was at the f.ounders event.

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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. Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot. As for Internet use, email, surfing and searching for information are the most popular uses for computers and mobile phones.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. Now, the present.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My name is Roman Faiman, I am 37, husband to a wonderful woman and father to 2 amazing children, Ben who is 7 and Olivia, 4. In addition I try to promote my website using SEO and social network sites like Facebook and Twitter. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. I decided I wanted to transfer into the super technical group at Accenture that focused on computer networking. ” It literally took more than a year and a completely ballsy move to get Network Solutions to accept me.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In fact, 2010 venture capital fundraising is at the same level as it was in 1995 and 1996. Average consumer bandwidth increased 100 fold due to cable modems, DSL, and high-speed wireless networks. So the media, investors, mortgage bankers, the American public, me, you know, my neighbor, rating agencies, Congress, you name it.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities. People born after 1995 have never know life without the internet. Generation D don’t ‘network’. It’s about being there.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 30, 2012

Bplans.com membership surpassed 100,000 members this week, just three months after the business planning and startup resource site launched a membership network in October. As part of the event, Bplans.com conducted a membership poll and #IamBplans Twitter contest to find out “Who are the Bplans 100,000?”

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. The startup’s name? Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Simply put, it’s not solving a real-life problem. That said, even renowned founders and investors like Paul Graham have made mistakes.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

You can find a Chess book that lists a thousand famous maneuvers, each named after a past grandmaster. For example, building a broad network of allies gives you more options and more opportunities to be lucky. You see everything that’s on the board. For example, the Sicilian Defense is a very popular and effective chess strategy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2019

The idea was to create a successful women’s networking platform, and while it attracted 20,000 users in the first year, arguments with the team caused issues. In 1988 the producers re-named it The Oprah Winfrey Show, but the star still wasn’t happy. Fertel agreed, and by 1995 the steak house has expanded to over 80 locations.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

First Name. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. It is unsafe to go public today without a dual-class share structure, Mr. Your question to the Journal Community Your comments on articles will show your real name and not a username.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Andy Rachleff co-founded the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in 1995. It's the network that came from success in an operating role that the venture capitalists are attracted to. The true creator of the iPod was a guy named Tony Fadell, who went on to start Nest as well. That's not it at all. They're radically different.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2017

I’m going to share a few of these networks where it will be almost impossible not to meet some incredible female friends. We were named “Best Bossy Babes” of 2015 by The Austin Chronicle, Tribeza’s Top 10 to Watch in 2016 and we were selected by The White House to attend the United State of Women Summit in June 2016 for our work in Texas.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If anything it’s the tame version.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I have encountered numerous companies with bad customer service, or bad financial management, or unprofessional stuff, you name it. Why the name?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2019

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Walmart has long been a top name in US retail.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If anything it’s the tame version.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

” And in newsjacking it worked because it’s in the Oxford English dictionary now, and my name is attached to it. Scott: They built a social network before Mark Zuckerberg was even born. So I think that when you and I started talking about social networking and marketing, it was like, “Wow, this is awesome.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I put up my Bodega Partners web site in 1995 and it served its purpose for a number of years, but I just didnt spend the energy to keep it current and finally just took it down last month. I thought Id just go with a simple blog name like Steve Bennet, but wasnt available on Blogger so I had to come up with something else.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

We named Jeff CEO of LinkedIn in the middle of 2009, about four years after I first approached David Sze about replacing myself. Dick wasn’t named CEO until 2010, four years after the company’s official start. As I got to know Jeff, I became convinced that he was the right choice to LinkedIn. How do we make the transition?

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