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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. So it’s hard to make a compelling argument that the performance on average in the past decade will prima facie have any predictive powers in determining the next ten. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Sphero Has Shipped!

Feld Thoughts

I’ve worked with Paul since he co-founded Raindance Communications in 1997 and was delighted to quickly lead a seed financing for Orbotix. About halfway through the program Ian, Adam, and Paul started to talk about teaming up – by the end of TechStars Paul had joined as the CEO.

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. Where it stops being cool is when gifted and courted developers face outdated infrastructures and the attitude of large Valley corporates. Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. Click here to buy tickets. Corporate University Xchange.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources.

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How Falling In Love With My Product Killed My Business

Software By Rob

Rogue Wave’s fall began during Java’s rise to power in 1997-8. In short, people loved their product and Rogue Wave prospered accordingly. The problem was, Rogue Wave loved their product too much. When everyone took notice of Java and abandoned C++ in droves, Rogue Wave’s revenues plummeted.

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What is Wrong With Today's CMS

www.readwriteweb.com

I started using my first content management system around 1997, when things were crude and clumsy. You would think in the past 15 or so years time would heal all and improvements would be made, but you would be wrong. The modern CMS is still in a state of flux.