Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). All the other stuff Yahoo! deems valuable. in court if necessary even if it meant delaying their IPO slightly.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They’ve been around for nearly 100 years, but they embraced technology and the Internet relatively early. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use. I have to admit to a soft spot for the BBC.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

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). So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? This is true well before the internet era of Facebook, Yahoo!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) Many don’t know that since 2003, the Texas Enterprise Fund has provided incentives for businesses that relocate to Texas and create new jobs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing. They were very much a luxury item. It was a different day and age.

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