1999 Distribution Founder Software 
Lightspeed Venture Partners
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Over a coffee in a small office in Cupertino (yes, their name is related to their founding hometown), we talked about how it was the right time to build a new networking company due to the confluence of three major trends: cloud, software defined networking (SDN), and the consumerization of IT. The discussion struck a chord with us.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 2, 2018
by Evgeny Glariantov , founder of FREED. A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. Prime time. These so-called volunteer computing projects dealt with scientific research.
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. Consumer approach to software for business users. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Folksonomy. Free product. Page 3: Competition.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 20, 2020
the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Let’s not let startups use this as an escape hatch to avoid customer development. Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk.
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