K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

This was when the state of the art was click-to-refresh HTML form-based chats. The hosted offering worked by having users place an “HTML-snippet” on their own website, which would retrieve the Java Applet from our servers and connect back to our servers. Google’s first business model wasn’t based on advertising.

Revenue 72

Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

aweissman.com

APRIL 14, 2010

All of it made me think back to my youth, the days of AOL, around 1995-1997. Indeed you can still see today he uses the same modified AOL logo he used back then: As a platform, this worked precisely because AOL provided the two key components every platform must deliver to create value: distribution , and monetization. Until it didnt.

HTML 37

HTML Distribution Web Internet 37

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Developers dont usually think much about how element should sit on a screen together, so you see a lot of items crammed together or unevenly distributed. Most developers are smart enough to do html, css, and javascript. To design like a teenager in 1997 using MS publisher is incredibly painful. so they do.

Web 42

Web Design Startup Flash 42