thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Let’s not let startups use this as an escape hatch to avoid customer development. Almost all Web startups are dominated by market risk. 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.

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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. In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! It’s a repeatable model that we’ve been able to apply globally to everything from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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