Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc.
Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2015
However, one area where he fell short was in ignoring the search engine market. While Microsoft introduced MSN Search in 1998, the site purely used an existing search engine, Inktomi, to gather results. In 2009, Microsoft introduced Bing, but it has never measured up to the popularity of Google.
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Austin Startup
JANUARY 31, 2018
First, win our category of Entertainment Tech (yes, we are very competitive), then establish contacts with clients in the media industry with broadcasters, OTT platforms and cable operators. We have been also working with our engineering team since SayYeah in 2015. We aim to also close our funding for our current seed round at SXSW.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. VC’s engineered financial transactions, working with entrepreneurs to brand, hype and take public un profitable companies with grand promises of the future. Thus began the 5-year dot-com bubble.
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. GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product).
Up and Running
JULY 11, 2014
in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. At first, Google seemed like a bad idea; there were already several search engines doing what they did. In fact, the company has done so well that it now operates in 13 countries. Sold to Yahoo! The difference? They did it better. No more trawling through Google or telephone calls.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Two massive changes are occurring in automobiles: 1) the transition from internal combustion engines to electric, and 2) the introduction of automated driving. These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. auto-throttle – to manage engine power in order to maintain a selected speed.
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