YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. (Unless it’s a high-end supercomputer with a computing capacity of 10 000 regular PCs.) Prime time.

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Search Aggregator Distribution Framework 179

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). So much for timing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. That’s what he knows best. And he argues that you need to have some “comparative advantage&# as an investor.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

I last wrote about the iPhone in November 2007 when my wife and her friends started getting iPhones.  So is this the year that mobile computing becomes mainstream and that mobile software/service companies become a household name?    I learned a lot from that investment. 

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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Naming Technical Review Product Product Name 40

The Next Web

JULY 15, 2012

Gonzo is a passionate internet entrepreneur who has been doing business online since 1996. In 2007 he started KillerStartups.com : ‘Where Internet Entrepreneurs Are The Stars’ We acquired the domain name Startups.com a few years back. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Gonzo Arzuaga.

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PHP Internet Cofounder Email 148

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I don’t think we as busy professionals and Internet junkies know how to sit still and self-reflect. I was also pretty convinced that we would live in a world where online video would be pervasive and so we started NewTeeVee in 2007. Met you in 1996 Mr Malik and always knew that you were going to make it and make it big one day.

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