Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Using just two data points, the modem I had in 1986 and the modem I had in 1998, the spreadsheet predicts that I’d have a 25 megabit/second connection in 2012. What once cost $20,000 and was produced by skilled researchers in a lab, now costs $500 and is produced by hobbyists working part-time. Napster arrived in June, 1999.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. Over the next ten years, while Ford focused on cost reductions, General Motors built a diverse and differentiated product line. Strategic Management Journal Volume 19, Issue 12, pages 1111–1125, December 1998. [3]

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2019

That included exchanging ideas for ongoing patient care and making one phone call after another to rehabilitation facilities in a desperate attempt to find scholarship beds for those soon leaving the burn unit or negotiating with compression garment companies on the extremely high cost of their wound garments for our patients.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. He acknowledged the importance of the growing seed fund movement in creating a new wave of cost-effective innovation.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Prabhdeep Singh: We were founded in 1998 to serve top professionals — then it was investors — who weren’t really learning from the dry, one-dimensional, one-size-fits-all industry reports and conferences available to them. And on the periphery, we like to help our members with some basic resources, at no additional cost.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2020

Before running your analysis it’s a good idea to do your research and ensure you choose the best and most cost-effective tools for your business. He is a qualified barrister, having been called to the Bar in 1998, and started his career as an in-house lawyer working in intellectual property, data protection and commercial contracts.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Firstly, the cost of running an internet application has fallen 100-fold. The cost of running that same application today in Amazon’s cloud costs about $1,500 per month. The cost of running that same application today in Amazon’s cloud costs about $1,500 per month. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I just read the following story about how their low price ethos played out when they entered the DVD market in 1998. We had planned to match their 30% discount, and now we were being out-priced by the market leader on our first day of operation, and just before the heart of the holiday sales season to boot (it was November, 1998).

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Cutting back on costs may not be what you want to do, and it may also be challenging but you might not have an option. To cut back on costs, you don’t necessarily have to make significant changes. If you have excess material in your inventory, you can consider selling it out at decreased prices.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While employees are often inspired by success stories and case studies of triumphant innovation tales of large companies, the cost of not innovating is often overlooked. In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity.

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

However, we small business owners can take some comfort in the fact that we’re not at the helm of a massive corporation where a mistake can cost millions. While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. See Also 4 Secrets of Successful Business Owners.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Lee put his hypothesis to test in 1998 via Peanut Butter & Co , a small retail shop which has turned into a multiplatform success. sandwich shop in 1998, and the menu consisted entirely of peanut butter sandwiches, snacks, and desserts. Q: The business started in 1998. One which still goes best with a glass of milk.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2014

You also may remember that the main narrative of the ’90s was that Michael Jordan, arguably the NBA’s greatest player ever, took the Chicago Bulls to six championship titles between 1991 and 1998. Chris Webber had been given a chance to set up a play, but instead made a mistake that cost Michigan the game.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2022

.” A number of key execs departed including COO, CTO and other s… With the rise of TikTok and BeReal, Facebook is losing its grip in the top 10 social apps Meta r aised the price of its two-year-old Quest 2 by $100 citing rising costs. For example, in 1998, Prof.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2015

This has involved leveling out revenues, curtailing costs and launching complementary campaigns. This also will help curtail costs and keep your budget more balanced. The production cost of a scarf should be similar to that of a pair of shorts. Off-Season Campaigns. Keep a presence for Easter, 4 th of July and Labor Day etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly. The Funding Problem.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or how to save 70m with a measuring spoon. Paris, November 1998. TOP or Total Operational Performance, is a cost cutting approach, where your objective is to cut 40% of all the "not-strictly-necessary costs" by doing things differently. Wish all such solutions cost $4.!

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Hyper casual games, which generated over $2 Billion in 2019 and massive user attention, are seeing fierce competition and CPIs (cost per install) are increasing as a result. Popular games like the Lineage IP, released by NCSoft in 1998, has generated over $4 Billion in revenue over its lifetime, most of it driven by its mobile version.

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 22, 2006

As I started thinking about his question, I remember what it was like setting up our office in 1998 and the headaches and cost of buying a Nortel phone system and phones and hiring a Microsoft networking expert to get our office set up for file sharing, back up, and email. What a nightmare!

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. . years in 1998 to 9.6 The median age of a venture-backed company at the time of its IPO has increased from 4.5 years as of year-end 2008.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Among those competing for this vision are PayPal/eBay, Square and Groupon, with each struggling to pull together pieces of the equation and, importantly, reach the small business in a cost-efficient manner at scale. Scaling Lesson #1: get close to customers early, really close, to help inform your pivots.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. This company is Kickstarter for funding ‘low-cost, high-impact medical care for people in need’. Here’s a tiny slice of the pie to give you an idea of what those problems are or were: Viaweb – Paul’s own company which allowed users to make their own online stores. Sold to Yahoo!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Except I disagree with that definition of “success.” Support.com — On 2.5m

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

When we consider that the S&P closed 1998 – 13 long years ago - at 1229, or within 2.2% Think about it, a 1998 New Years baby is now a teenager. The longer view, however, is far more disheartening. of its 2011 close, we have all suffered through nothing less than a lost generation of investment return.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Startups that win in the bubble will be those that get wide adoption (using freemium, viral growth, low costs, etc) and massive distribution (i.e. The revenue, profits and speed of scale of the winning companies can be breathtaking. The New Exits.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Always an entrepreneur at heart, Eric recognized small and medium sized businesses needed access to cost-effective, quality technology expertise and founded On Line Support in 1998. Eric is the kind of guy who’s always out to learn more, experience more, and give more.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2016

Selling more than 17 million bags since 1998, eBags knew they had huge retargeting potential, but what they did with their data was pretty creative. Second, they focused heavily on targeting past and present customers , which helped drive a Twitter cost per engagement (CPE) 81% below industry benchmarks. Let’s take a look at eBags.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Q1: What caused you to want to get into working with mobile telephone platforms in 1998? For others, the concerns are more about cost. Here’s Ortiz’ take on what is happening within the “mobi” space not only in Austin but also in the U.S. Details on Innotech can be found here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Describing your product as “new and “never been done before” instead of “we’re just like those others guys, but better” could cost your company billions. In 1998 RIM quickly followed this up with a next generation product with an 8-line display, ran on AA batteries and would last 500 hours. Research in Motion (RIM).

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The year was 1998. I immediately agreed to come aboard at no cost to clean up the corporation, deferring my investment until that was done. The background for my story. And there were other quite obvious problems, unattended to, along with the partner’s suit hanging over their heads. My immediate reaction and offer.

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Life Beyond Code

APRIL 22, 2011

So, to avoid any confusion, here is how I look at smart people getting smarter: If a person progressively increases his or her capacity to increase his or her contribution AND the costs of contributing keep reducing over a period of time, the person is getting smarter. This was 1998. Create situations that stretch you. The problem?

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Do your systems provide cost or time advantages versus competition? Like self-made billionaire Meg Whitman, who ran eBay from 1998 to 2007. The quality of your systems: do you have systems in your organization that enables it to run without you? Do your systems ensure consistent and high quality production?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

One of such easily codifiable rules that can define an accessory in relation to a product is items that are often bought together with it, but cost significantly (2x, 3x or more) less. Another telling example, is when back in 2011 eBay acquired a 2-year-old recommendation engine startup , Hunch for $80 million.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

So you might be paying higher costs with those projects too. To alleviate that blindness, separate the project into specific costs. When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). None of those rewards cost money.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Here’s how we got here, what it’s going to cost us, and where we’ll end up. Car companies argued that talking safety would scare off customers, or that the added cost of safety features would put them in a competitive price disadvantage. These depended on the invention of low-cost, automotive-grade computers and sensors.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.

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