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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

The Growth Edition (April 29th-May 1st) is for companies whose founders are already making a full-time living from their software products. The Starter edition is for founders who are not currently making a full-time living from their software products but who seek to do so in the future. Business of Software. Boston, USA.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

When we syndicated the purchase of the Buffalo, New York cable system, we literally called everybody we knew and raised an unprecedented $16 million, a breathtaking sum in 1980. For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year. JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. 5; in Lund, 1999 ).