Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Here’s an example using two personal computers, one from 1996 and one from 2011. Step 1: Calculate the annual increase. It turns out that you can do this with just two data points, and it’s pretty reliable.
Hearpreneur
JULY 1, 2020
Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. When I started my company in 1996 at the age of 20 years old, I decided to name it after the family farm. My family and friends helped me bounce ideas around, and when someone said it was a soft as butter – voila! Buttercloth was born.
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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. Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. In the past 3 years an eye popping 500 million people have switched browsers.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2010
We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring. Double-down on great people, process & IP. He always was.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. When we got real funding nearthe end of 1996, we hired a great CFO, who fixed everything retroactively. We officially launched in early 1996.
ConversionXL
MAY 31, 2017
The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! By looking at IP address, the bot can also route incoming chats to specific sales reps based on the territories their responsible for. Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
To illustrate this and the lack of improvement in forms, take a look at IBM’s contact form in 1996 and their form in 2016. For example, instead of forcing everyone to enter their country or search for it in a long dropdown list, why not just suggest the country they’re visiting the website from based on their IP address?
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