2003 Founder Internet San Francisco 
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2015
.” – Sir Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group. Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. A new multinational, albeit a small one that nobody had ever heard of, was born.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. while acknowledging that San Fran deals are often higher valuations due to increased competition amongst investors.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 17, 2016
In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. My portfolio melted down with the bursting of the Internet bubble. I was in New York for it, having taken a redeye the night before from San Francisco. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. Here’s an example.
Agile VC
APRIL 13, 2012
I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). Urbanization of Startups.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 11, 2010
In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. My co-founders decided startup life wasn't for them. What follows are solely his opinions. The toy (we called it Ninja Master ) consisted of two hardware units, attached to both wrists.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 4, 2009
Even though I had done it before, I had never heard the term sharding before joining Google (early 2003) so I always thought the term originated there. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. I dont think sharding came from the MMO world, we were using the term at Google before MMOs started becoming popular. Eric, I stop by regularly!
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