abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2009
I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons.
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. Yes, we know there was email marketing in 1999, but it was in its infancy. They can also capture the attention of their target audience as part of internet traffic with display ads, banner ads, and paid search ad placement.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell! I still love B2B application. Why should you care?
Agile VC
MAY 7, 2014
Alibaba’s Genesis Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 other colleagues, and like most startups they began as a small group working out of Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou. Even more staggering… when Alibaba started there were 9 million Chinese people on the internet. Just How Big Is Alibaba? Alibaba/1688.com
abovethecrowd.com
JUNE 2, 2021
The others are all B2B companies. It is important to note that using the one-day gains of “hot IPOs” to either attract new customers or wildly please the ones you already have is not a new concept. Look at the following table recently posted on Twitter by Ari Levy, summarizing the DLs of the past 2 years or so.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 14, 2009
I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. Unfortunately, Im a student in Australia so the possibility of travelling to the US isnt too feasible or affordable. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C.
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