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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

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More Information on Y Combinator

Campus Entrepreneurship

Instead of working a boring internship at a big company, Graham’s pitch went, win $5,000 to work on your startup in Cambridge with guidance from Graham and his friend, MIT professor Robert Morris–two guys who launched Viaweb, a maker of software that built storefronts online, and sold it to Yahoo for $50 million in 1998.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. A lot of websites sell affiliate products and you want to show shots of the inside of the affiliate payment area. The cost to run is very important too.

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Moneyball Design: Why the Research and Data Analysis is Critical to Getting Your Prospects to Convert

ConversionXL

Romer analyzed every fourth down that occurred in every quarter of every NFL game from 1998 to 2000. We have a client where we did usability testing and we found that people interested in becoming an affiliate couldn’t find where to sign up. It’s not just baseball. Test subjects NEED to match your ideal customer profile.

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