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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

When self-driving cars felt imminent, many pundits started thinking about its consequences on car ownership, housing choices, on-demand economies, etc. This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. have to do with timing.

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Will you ever get 2000? I hope so, but most companies that do get 100 never get 2000. That trajectory proves intense demand is getting coupled with the ability to find and service it. ” Going from 1000 to 2000 in six months is more like it.). Consider the question: How large can your company get?

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

With the increasing demand for car sharing services, there arose a need to monitor the usage of vehicles. Founded in 2000, by 2010, the company’s fleet already had 8,000 cars. This leads to a demand for an application where the fleet consists of hybrid or electric cars. Carpooling is one such corporate mobility service.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Most just don’t enjoy all the challenges of communicating to analysts, placating demanding stockholders, and keeping up with legal reporting requirement.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization. Customers today increasingly demand solutions that are customized just for them. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners.

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The public invisibility of running mid-stage successful companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The stories of growing a team, then teams of teams, of the personal dynamics, the changes in processes and demands, the shifts in roles and goals of everyone including myself, how that’s navigated, the trials and tribulations there — all these stories are invaluable and instructive but they are not mine to share.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Comparisons have been made to the two most recent significant pull-backs of the dot com crash in 2000-2001 and Great Recession of 2008-2009. . A lot of thoughtful people have weighed in on whether this is a “buy the dip” moment for startups and public tech companies, or rather, the cusp of a sustained downturn.

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