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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

But two years after Google came to the fore in 1998, Google became the number one search engine and “Googling” has become synonymous with web search. In the early days of the web, companies like AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler and others competed in becoming the search engine of choice.

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

regulation happens on three levels: federal laws that are applicable across the country developed by Federal government in Washington, D.C. The tech ecosystem got a rude awakening in May 1998 when the U.S. In the U.S. We ignored Washington and Washington mostly ignored us (defense contractors excepted.)

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. Since then, more than $30 million in SBIR funds have enabled iRobot to conduct 33 research initiatives to develop new sensors and other robot capability enhancements. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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Why India Will Become The SaaS Hotbed Of Tomorrow

YoungUpstarts

All the ingredients for Indian SaaS dominance are here: From producing some of the world’s best developers to competing on cost and producing quality products of global standard. percent in 1998 to 7.7 Only one decade ago, SaaS products accounted for less than five percent of software. percent in 2017.

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Revenue Development

K9 Ventures

We really were doing the i-thing before Apple came out with its first iMac in 1998. I tell these stories to lay the groundwork for what I am going to call Revenue Development. But I’m going to contend that we’re still missing one leg of the stool, and that leg is Revenue Development. The product worked.

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[Singapore] Westin Returns, Sets Up In Central Business District

YoungUpstarts

It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.

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Why SWOT Analysis Belongs in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

T he goal of a SWOT analysis is to develop actionable insights—you want to catch opportunities and pitfalls sooner. It was also in a SWOT session that we realized we needed to make our product downloadable on the web (back in 1998, when we were among the first). We used a whiteboard and worked on bullet points.