Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link. On a “dream big” kind of note, I would love to meet Mark Cuban as he was one of the people responsible for broadcast.com back in 1999 when it sold to Yahoo. Sceenic is based in London.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. Everything).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 14, 2011

Plans call for BoardSpring to eventually commission research on board governance for venture-backed companies as well as staging regional and perhaps national educational events. Collins said he would like to include a social-networking element, but would probably piggyback on existing networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. Evernote, Dropbox).

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In an anomalous, parallel development, the 1999-2000 bubble spawned local funds who were able to support these companies to a point, and to introduce them to their Californian counterparts. But most of the local funds are small and the local ecosystems sub-scale. They are unable to provide for the needs of some companies as they grow.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

But in the 1990s, Nokia pared down to simply focus on telecommunications, including networking equipment, personal computers, IT equipment, and the product they are most famous for today, mobile phones. In 1999, Goodrich became the No. Procter & Gamble. 1 supplier of landing gear and other aircraft parts.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

There are an enormous number of philanthropic groups around the globe that network through many smaller organizations. He has over 30 years of experience in executive management, corporate governance and business development. Tom Cleveland is a writer for SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started Disrupted Logic Interactive and our ctalyst® ad network because I knew advertising could be much better as an enriched and interactive experience. I was intrigued when digital photography started taking off, but I didn’t buy my first digital camera until 1999, when my daughter was born. 51 – My Oldest Son.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. Throughout the day, you might chitchat and network with other people in the common areas?—?people may come from your decision.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

And you didn’t need to get permission from the government or corporate gatekeepers. In 1995, though, I wasn’t truly network-literate yet. Follow your network.”. Be passionate, sure, but also think about where your network is strong, and what opportunities that strength creates. You just started building.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

What the visionary, Milton Friedman, predicted about Bitcoin in 1999. Even before Bitcoin became a reality, visionaries like Milton Friedman were predicting the rise of an internet-version of cash, as long ago as 1999. The internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government,” he said at the time.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. There is an obvious network effect at work when you bring together the world’s leading programs and the world’s leading hackers on a single platform.

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Up and Running

JUNE 18, 2014

Founded in 1999 in Montreal, Canada, ice.com was recently acquired by Round 2 Inc., According to Reed, there are a number of things that have helped give Ice.com a boost, including attending local networking events and meetup groups, improving and optimizing email marketing and, most importantly, their relationship with Capital Factory.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Seth makes extensive use of social networking tools, and web videos to maximize the impact of his training. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. Seth makes extensive use of social networking tools, and web videos to maximize the impact of his training.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

After the Dot Com crash of 1999, most yet-to-be-disrupted big firms got back to business. The reason is simple: network effects. Metcalfe’s law states that a network’s power is proportional to the square of the number of connected users to the network. But when the web 2.0 Even if you wanted to. Natural Monopolies.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund. Digital Network. Tablet Edition.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Dara is a steady, capable, well-respected executive, which will be important as he works to turn around Uber’s woes, including multiple lawsuits, government investigations, a troubled culture, and most recently, simply astonishing board shenanigans.

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thebarefootvc

APRIL 18, 2010

Successful companies grow out of an ecosystem and network of support, and that includes mentors, investors and role models. When I helped launch NYCSeed with Owen Davis a couple of years ago, the goal was to provide this network of support in addition to seed funding.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. So the shift from buying a lot of servers and databases and software licenses and networking equipment, the shift instead to just renting it all. And then small businesses start to use it.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

. - 500 Hats , July 30, 2010 Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 Customer Development Checklist for My Web Startup – Part 1 - Ash Maurya , February 16, 2010 How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups (..)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. Don’t want to call it either way.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Openness, trust, and the ability to connect with local academic, business and customer networks are increasingly understood as key components of flourishing innovation ecosystems. Tech is absolutely a boon the city — the city has doubled in size since 1999 on the back of countless new tech jobs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well.

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