Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth). Napster arrived in June, 1999.
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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Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. I want a forecast that starts with specifics like channels or traffic and conversions or segments and builds up. Often this is part of a good forecast.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what?
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 18, 2011
He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Moshe says that the Israeli economy is in good shape and has momentum, yet has a cloudy forecast ahead of it.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. Consumer internet plays in Canada are rare, and finding a VC willing to give you the cash to scale is even more so.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
In fact, if you exclude the Dot Com Bubble of 1999-2000, they have been steady for nearly thirty years. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5% We have published some research on this topic elsewhere, which I will summarize briefly below. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1%
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