1999 Cofounder Distribution Internet 
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Any discussion of Internet marketplaces begins with the first quintessential marketplace, ebay (*). Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 16, 2019
In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Additionally, Shah told me, “It was more specific than ‘Internet Marketing.’ Getting there requires patience, internal buy-in, and supporting content.
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Reid Hoffman
MAY 16, 2020
I just knew that subscription-based dial-up services like CompuServe and America Online, and the one I’d been working on at Apple, eWorld , could potentially distribute information in far more powerful ways than what you could do with books, TV, and other traditional forms of media. It was 1999. You just started building.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 19, 2009
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill.
Ben's Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. The Internet was thought to be too arcane, insecure and slow to meet real business needs. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
What’s different this time around (as opposed to the tech bubble of the late 1990s) is the widespread use of technology, “digital natives” (millennials who grew up with the Internet and mobile phones) coming of age, and a cultural shift towards self-employment and risk taking (again, powered by stark economic realities).
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. I had heard that all great companies built their applications on Oracle.
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