Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). I was happy to do my part and present on fundraising both Monday at Austin Ventures as well as Tuesday along with panelists from CTAN (the Central Texas Angel Network). rather dramatically. We are glad we did.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. He founded eBay to empower individuals through the use of new technology, and has created livelihoods for millions of individuals throughout the world. I wrote my applications to college, or rather typed them on a typewriter with a bottle of WhiteOut close by.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. Local funding networks have a direct impact on the amount of total funding that goes into a region.

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The Next Web

APRIL 29, 2013

I remember how nervous I was when I met the competitor to my first startup, in 1997, afraid as I was that I would accidentally slip him an important piece of information that he would be able to use against me. There is room for more than one social network, photo-sharing app or technology news blog.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. Third: I have always been one that believes technology has made it easier to go on vacation, and that it is ok to use that technology to do a little bit of work while on vacation. 1- Establishing high goals.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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Diego Basch

MARCH 4, 2011

Fast forward to 1997. I’m doing my masters at Carnegie Mellon, enjoying the most awesome network connection. Are we killing the network? It never ends, because technology changes fast. Game-changing technologies become affordable (cloud computing, SSDs, insane amounts of memory). Basic, Pascal, Assembly, C.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

First, wireless voice networks – cell phone networks – had started to emerge. These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. At the same time, digital data networks to support “pagers” were also growing rapidly.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 18, 2012

Here are a few examples from my first company, Feld Technologies (1987 – 1993). Hyperion : While Feld Technologies was a software consulting company, the companies that installed the networks that our software ran on (mostly PC-based Novell Networks) were so shitty that we set up our own small network installation group.

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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. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. I decided I wanted to transfer into the super technical group at Accenture that focused on computer networking.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 13, 2019

But I do think this IPO is very instructive from a technology business strategy and investment perspective, so I thought I’d lay it out in clear terms why I don’t think Uber has a bright future as a publicly traded stock. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.)

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Disturbingly, they seem to understand the vulnerabilities of the United States’ network infrastructure better than many Americans do.” networks, an approach that is very different from the current path that the U.S. networks, an approach that is very different from the current path that the U.S. is following. .

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. A disruptive innovation helps create a new market and value network. The innovation eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). This lasted from about 2001-2004.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

Today's roundtable was jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and the 1M/1M program as part of the former's Global Entrepreneurship Summit organized by the student-run e-cell. But a subsequent visit in January 2009 saw a massive change: the students were excited about entrepreneurship.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. A notable exception in higher education is the KEEN Network , part of the Kern Family Foundation. They have an admirable initiative to inspire entrepreneurialism in engineering and technology students.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. A disruptive innovation helps create a new market and value network. Innovative solutions eventually disrupt an existing market and value network.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro. ” Two of the entrepreneurial programs, which I managed is called the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

artpapas : CEO and founder of Bullhorn, @artpapas is an authority on recruiting technology. brian_wong : Follow Brian Wong, founder and CEO of Kipp, a rewards network for virtual achievements. sethpriebatsch : “Chief Ninja” of SCVNGR Seth Priebatsch discusses SCVNGR developments, technology, and more. Media & Art.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. IvyDate is a premier introduction network exclusive to extraordinary men and women who value intellectual curiosity, love of learning, drive and determination. Click here to buy tickets.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

What happens when evolving customer preferences for certain technologies make lead capture forms obsolete? Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology. The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! A Shift in How We Communicate.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

In November of 2015, the Austin Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Austin Technology Council released the Inaugural Capital Landscape Analysis to answer these questions. The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. versus $10M+).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

.” So if Microsoft, known for its high gross margins from software, cannot even generate a profit how are other technology companies selling Plasma TVs and other consumer electronics going to make money? But it’s very early, and a small part of the whole pie.” The post CES-Show me the money! appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 9, 2024

This is a good event for nonprofits related to STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). The event is designed to create awareness and recognition for the hospitals, healthcare networks, and healthcare systems that provide healthcare to communities, often despite steep challenges. 4th-10th November in the U.K.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Hilton E – Andrew Keen, author of Cult of the Amateur, discusses the impact of social media and technological innovation on culture, society and economic justice. Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. It means now is the best… ([link]. 03:30 PM: Moon 2.0:

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

For example, MySpace might have been the best social networking site around for connecting with friends, but the overbearing profiles and flashing backgrounds pushed me away. There are other social networks that look more aesthetically pleasing. To design like a teenager in 1997 using MS publisher is incredibly painful.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

they’ll continue to look for independent technology partners. Attempts at “moving up the stack&# – In 1997 I led a project to help senior management at British Telecom define its Internet strategy. Or some unforeseen technology? Get your seats ringside – it will take place over the next 2-3 years.

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