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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

However, that has rapidly changed over the years due to several factors. Bitcoin has become very popular in the last year due to recent successes like the Bitcoin Foundation’s regulatory efforts and Bitcoin’s use by major companies like OkCupid and Overstock. Bitcoin Up is also helping many investors in bitcoin trading. .

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. 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.

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Why SWOT Analysis Belongs in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

I believe in it because the SWOT phase was vital to my planning process as I grew Palo Alto Software from zero to over $5 million in annual sales. If you’re holding regular business plan review meetings , SWOT analysis is a good framework for thinking through how you need to adjust your business strategy to meet your goals.

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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

This presents a chicken-and-egg question: are people with mental health issues more likely to become entrepreneurs, or are entrepreneurs more likely to develop issues due to their lifestyles? Don’t expect pinpoint software to solve your problems. Spending 23 hours a day in one building is punitive, not productive.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Paris, November 1998. I guessed the measuring spoon was not used diligently. Cracking The Code on Facebook. S&M productivity (CAC ratio) for the SaaS 13 Index.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

Sharing the stories of organizational failure due to a lack of enterprise innovation can create a sense of urgency in employees and make them understand the stakes. In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity. However, the product was ahead of its time.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

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!]. You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]

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