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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. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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GTK’s and Pillsbury’s Internet of Things Executive Event - 2015 Edition

Growthink Blog

I had the good fortune to attend and participate in GTK Partners and Pillsbury's Internet of Things (IoT) Executive Event in Palo Alto last week. What GTK's and Pillsbury’s IoT event taught me last week is that we can make money in it, be safe in it, and with a little help from our Internet friends, enjoy it too. read more.

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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

A few companies got bought before the whole Internet-bubble thing fell apart, and we almost managed to get bought (for around $500 million, but that’s another story for another day.). The post The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015 appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Or the ISP rollup before that?

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Neil Patel Review: Learning Marketing Entrepreneurship From The Master

YoungUpstarts

Neil launched an internet marketing agency called Advantage Consulting Services, together with his sister’s boyfriend. Neil carried on running an internet marketing consulting business so that he could pay for Crazy Egg’s software development. Neil’s next step was to go back to school. Finally, his luck began to turn.

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

Steve Blank

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 Andreessen’s article helped accelerate the company’s digital transformation. of the company.

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Data Heist: 5 Most Popular Data Breaches of the Century

The Startup Magazine

In 2015, Adobe had to pay more than one million dollars in legal fees after hackers accessed the data of around 378 million users. Every time you browse the internet without a VPN, you leave your data vulnerable to hacks and data breaches. The breached data included passwords and user 1D’s and left credit card information exposed.

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[Interview] Kevin Hobbs Of Vancouver’s Vanbex Group

YoungUpstarts

My own journey in the crypto space began in 2015 when I began to realize the potential for growth in the blockchain industry and eagerly wanted to contribute. After Ethereum launched in 2016, that was a key turning point for the market. FinSMEs: What is the importance of working with a broker-dealer?