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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

First, the Bitcoin global popularity increased after the financial crisis of 2008 which led many to question the stability of national currencies and fiat money. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer transactions, mining, and other technological feats to operate without central authority or banks, unlike government-issued currencies. Conclusion.

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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. Business accountability is a hallmark feature of the GDPR, and one aspect that ensures compliance from all companies operating within the EU in some fashion online. Companies Will Need To Prove They Are Protecting Data.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market. Thirdly, the market is far bigger.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. The Funding Problem. There are 20x more consumers online.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

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. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Saturday, December 09, 2006. First week on the job. I was super excited!

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Semiotics in Marketing: What It Means for Your Brand and Messaging

ConversionXL

As Harvard Business School professor Susan Fournier noted in 1998 , “A brand has no objective existence at all: it is simply a collection of perceptions held in the mind of the consumer.”. Nielsen reports that two-thirds of global consumers will pay more for sustainable products. But you don’t control its interpretation.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

Prior to AxialMarket, Peter held positions in private equity at SFW Capital Partners and was part of the founding team at Gerson Lehrman Group, where he helped build the firm’s dominant global marketplace for on-demand business expertise. Over the last decade, Dan has served on more than a dozen public and private company boards.