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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

However, that has rapidly changed over the years due to several factors. Shortly after this event Bitcoin became more widely known through technology blogs like Slashdot and Reddit, but struggled to gain widespread public attention until 2011. From 2011 until 2013 Bitcoin’s value went from $1-$20 USD per Bitcoin.

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2011

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm excited for 2011, and I want to share some of my plans for the coming year. I can't believe a whole year has passed since I wrote a blog post called " Towards a new entrepreneurship " laying out my priorities for 2010. In that spirit, I want to review the four priorities I laid out at the start of this year. Thank you, 2010.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). software. (10). Blog Archive. ► 2011. (2).

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

See the September 2011 edition after the jump. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there. Chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap. For previous editions, click here.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.