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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. There was no money train. It was 1991. There were startups and a software industry but barely.

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Neil Patel Review: Learning Marketing Entrepreneurship From The Master

YoungUpstarts

Neil Patel is an outstanding, globally revered marketer who can teach you plenty about content marketing, PPC, SEO, and other digital marketing channels to help your business thrive. Neil launched an internet marketing agency called Advantage Consulting Services, together with his sister’s boyfriend. Finally, his luck began to turn.

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Neil Patel: Learning Marketing Entrepreneurship From The Master

YoungUpstarts

Neil Patel is an outstanding, globally revered marketer who can teach you plenty about content marketing, PPC, SEO, and other digital marketing channels to help your business thrive. Neil launched an internet marketing agency called Advantage Consulting Services, together with his sister’s boyfriend. Finally, his luck began to turn.

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[Review] Things A Little Bird Told Me

YoungUpstarts

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

R/GA is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, one of four global ad holding companies, and is the most award-winning agency in the digital world today. s Superman to 2006?s Yesterday, Techstars launched another accelerator, this time focused entirely on connected devices. They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978?s

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Welcome Maëlle Gavet to Techstars

Feld Thoughts

When David Cohen, David Brown, Jared Polis, and I started Techstars in 2006, we could have never envisioned what it has become. Today, Techstars is a global organization with around 300 employees, invests in over 400 new companies each year, and has invested in more than 2,300 companies worldwide.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property.