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What about the internet? It’s long past the year 2000 now and you really should be using the internet to further your business goals. Successful businesses succeed on the back of the tools that the internet can offer, but before we have a look at the tools, let’s talk about success. MORE
by Nicolas Windpassinger , author of “ Internet of Things: Digitize or Die “ Everyone speaks about the Internet of Things, by now most people know what it is and some start-ups and young professionals are knees deep in IoT. MORE
Last week in Kansas City I experience the 1gig internet speed that is provided by Google Fiber. It’s interesting to ponder in the context of Internet connectivity. The post The Incredible Unevenness of Internet Connectivity appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Tech I Use connectivity google fiber internet I’m at the The Athenaeum at Caltech which is the alumni club / hotel on Caltech’s campus. MORE
The advent of the Internet has changed the way humankind does many things, and last year – 2013 – marked the first time that there became more Internet-capable mobile devices than humans. But how do we consume the Internet? Others broadband infographic Internet web MORE
For Internet crimes, the biggest complaints isn’t on identity theft (9.8 Others infographic Internet Internet crime Internet scams online scams MORE
On Monday, a group of people including me and my partners at Foundry Group signed on to the Declaration of Internet Freedom. We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. Join us in keeping the Internet free and open. The Internet needs you. MORE
Some countries hate the Internet. Actually, it may be more accurate to say that some countries are fearful of the power of the Internet to harness people power that may lead to the overthrow in the “natural” order of things. MORE
Continue reading → The post Why we need to rebuild the internet appeared first on Steve Sammartino. Uncategorized data facebook future internet jaron lanier Mark Zuckerberg privacy technologyIn life and in business I believe in a few guiding principles. MORE
The real “resume” that you have to live with is everything that you or anyone else has posted about you on any site on the Internet. You can’t hide, since no Internet presence will always be a negative. MORE
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today. MORE
We now have at least one generation of VCs and entrepreneurs who didn’t experience the collapse of the Internet bubble. When I reflect on my relationship with Seth, Jason, and Ryan much of the intense loyalty between us was forged in the period during and after the debacle that was the collapse of the Internet bubble. The day after, not so much … The post Emotional Lessons From the Collapse of the Internet Bubble appeared first on Feld Thoughts. MORE
In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. (*) Benchmark is/was an investor in companies labeled with the asterisk. MORE
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today. MORE
When we got home, we settled in upstairs with our coffees, the dogs, some music, and the Internets (well – she’s over there reading the New York Times – very old school.). I did all my normal Speedtest things and realized that it was actually the “performance of the Internet” Sites loaded fine. I tweeted out “boy the internets are slow today. I’m curious if the rest of you are seeing slow / random / weird Internet performance? MORE
We don’t really have the internet in Australia. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. MORE
It might seem obvious that you need to have good internet in order to run an online business. However, with Australia’s new NBN internet plan, you need to make sure that wherever you are running your business from has great NBN coverage. The Best Internet For Your Ecommerce Platform. MORE
I just joined the Internet Defense League. Think of it as the cat signal for the Internet. You’ll see a signup at the top of this blog, or just go to the Internet Defense League site. Networks cat signal internet internet defense league internet freedom networks Politics MORE
Just now Fred Wilson posted an Open Internet Letter to the FCC that my partners and I at Foundry Group signed on to. The post Support The Open Internet appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Politics fcc net neutrality open internet MORE
Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. Here is a quick test of your real Internet savvy. Internet radio. jargon entrepreneur startup lingo internet business MORE
The real mission of the blockchain revolution, for many experts, is to re-decentralize the internet. Believe it or not, the internet was decentralized at one time. Blockchain technology presents a new way to completely separate from the internet as we know it, and start over. MORE
The stats in the Infograhic from Intel below are striking, but it’s easy to dismiss what companies as a whole are doing. Nothing smacks you more than the intensity of individual executives. In my book, Tony Prophet who heads operations. Industry Commentary MORE
To help you understand the market better, here are 10 things that sell like hot cakes on the internet: 1. With more than 12 million ecommerce businesses on the web, it is a bit daunting for new ones to make a mark quickly, especially when businesses as big as Amazon and Spotify are at the top. MORE
I thought this was a powerful and clever video about the risks to the free and open Internet. I was happy to see Google launch their Take Action site last week about a Free and Open Internet. Google ‘Take Action’ Backs the Free and Open Internet. Internet Treaty. MORE
The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality—breaking the fundamental principle of the open Internet—and only an avalanche of calls to Congress can stop it. So we decided to help “Break the Internet” on our sites. We have just hours. MORE
These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago. MORE
For most people, using the internet on a daily basis is important. Finding a way to increase the speed of your internet is not easy. One of the first things that you will need to do when attempting to fix this issue is to test your internet connection. Others Internet MORE
Yesterday when we were having Comcast issues in downtown Boulder, I thought about how slow the Internet speed at my office was. And yes – as a consumer, I’m spending a ton of money for all of this Internet connectivity. When the SOPA/PIPA issue came to a head, the most effective way to help people understand the potential implications was to blackout the Internet for a day. The post Dear Internet: Let’s Demo The Slow Lane appeared first on Feld Thoughts. MORE
Doing business in 2019 without the internet is, simply put, not really doing business at all. A business operating without a stable, reliable and consistent internet provider may as well be selling rocks in the Stone Age. Understanding Business Internet Packages. MORE
But the biggest shift to the supply chain will see it digitally connected and becoming part of the Internet of Things. We’ll see the true transformative potential of data nourishing AI as we enter the next phase of the Internet of Things. MORE
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. At the same time, acquisition opportunities will expand as large existing companies, unable to keep up with the pace of innovation in these emerging Internet markets, will “innovate&# by buying startups. Carpe Diem. MORE
The post True Blue – an Internet public art story appeared first on Hi, I'm David G. A few years ago while sitting on a barstool in Boulder, I was chatting with my friend Eliot Peper. Eliot is a terrific author, and has written many great books circling around entrepreneurship with some of it set in Boulder. That day, I was sharing a thought about a story I had in my head. I was secretly hoping he might think it was interesting and write a book about it. MORE
Today, the Internet has grown by such leaps and bounds that a tremendous amount of data is being created, delivered and stored each day on the Internet. Here’s an infographic look at the timeline of how the Internet has grown since: [ Infographic credit: Who Is Hosting This ]. MORE
By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. MORE
Lo and behold, Internet growth is stagnating if you take out India. India still is at only 27% Internet penetration so there’s a lot of growth opportunity. Here are some of my favorite key takeaways: Mary Meeker’s Key Internet and Digital Trends for 2017. MORE
I remember the trigger point being a 3/20/2000 article in Barron’s titled Burning Up: Warning: Internet companies are running out of cash — fast. The post Lessons From The Internet Bubble: Growth vs. Profitability appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Over the weekend, Mark Suster and Fred Wilson each put up awesome posts discussing the idea of profitability in startups. MORE
It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one. MORE
Since Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all been vocal (to various degrees) about staffing up the human element of their content moderation teams, here are a few things to understand about how these systems typically work. MORE
When it comes to using the Internet, one country does it better than the rest. Sweden beat out the United States as it had more citizens online (90-percent, compared to 75-percent of Americans), and provided better and faster bandwidth per Internet user. MORE
Computers and the Internet are technologies that have helped us simplify our work and also have contributed greatly towards the other developments too. So anything that enhances the experience of the Internet has to be considered equally important. Others fibre broadband Internet MORE
Recently, two bills have been introduced into Congress that – if passed – will do irreparable damage to the Internet, entrepreneurship, free speech, and job creation as a result of the continued entrepreneurial activity around the Internet. MORE
In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund. I can’t remember the month, but I think it was in the summer, that all the public Internet stocks dropped a bunch (probably 25%). MORE
The Internet has made the world global village and in this age of advanced technology and internet, it is hard to imagine that how a business could run its operations efficiently without an Internet connection. Others Internet technology MORE
The online space has burgeoned so much that every single minute, around 639,800 gigabytes worth of data is transferred around the Internet; in fact, about 47,000 apps are downloaded and more than two million searches are handled by Google in the same time. MORE
Internet Related Topics Feld Thoughts
MAY 8, 2014
Just now Fred Wilson posted an Open Internet Letter to the FCC that my partners and I at Foundry Group signed on to. The post Support The Open Internet appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Politics fcc net neutrality open internet
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 30, 2011
Recently, two bills have been introduced into Congress that – if passed – will do irreparable damage to the Internet, entrepreneurship, free speech, and job creation as a result of the continued entrepreneurial activity around the Internet.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 4, 2012
On Monday, a group of people including me and my partners at Foundry Group signed on to the Declaration of Internet Freedom. We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. Join us in keeping the Internet free and open. The Internet needs you.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 19, 2012
I just joined the Internet Defense League. Think of it as the cat signal for the Internet. You’ll see a signup at the top of this blog, or just go to the Internet Defense League site. Networks cat signal internet internet defense league internet freedom networks Politics
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 11, 2017
The FCC is about to vote to end net neutrality—breaking the fundamental principle of the open Internet—and only an avalanche of calls to Congress can stop it. So we decided to help “Break the Internet” on our sites. We have just hours.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 5, 2018
The Internet has made the world global village and in this age of advanced technology and internet, it is hard to imagine that how a business could run its operations efficiently without an Internet connection. Others Internet technology
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 18, 2019
The real mission of the blockchain revolution, for many experts, is to re-decentralize the internet. Believe it or not, the internet was decentralized at one time. Blockchain technology presents a new way to completely separate from the internet as we know it, and start over.
Brandanew
JUNE 1, 2017
Lo and behold, Internet growth is stagnating if you take out India. India still is at only 27% Internet penetration so there’s a lot of growth opportunity. Here are some of my favorite key takeaways: Mary Meeker’s Key Internet and Digital Trends for 2017.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 22, 2018
It might seem obvious that you need to have good internet in order to run an online business. However, with Australia’s new NBN internet plan, you need to make sure that wherever you are running your business from has great NBN coverage. The Best Internet For Your Ecommerce Platform.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 30, 2016
Computers and the Internet are technologies that have helped us simplify our work and also have contributed greatly towards the other developments too. So anything that enhances the experience of the Internet has to be considered equally important. Others fibre broadband Internet
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2013
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 9, 2013
Last week in Kansas City I experience the 1gig internet speed that is provided by Google Fiber. It’s interesting to ponder in the context of Internet connectivity. The post The Incredible Unevenness of Internet Connectivity appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Tech I Use connectivity google fiber internet I’m at the The Athenaeum at Caltech which is the alumni club / hotel on Caltech’s campus.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 19, 2017
I remember the trigger point being a 3/20/2000 article in Barron’s titled Burning Up: Warning: Internet companies are running out of cash — fast. The post Lessons From The Internet Bubble: Growth vs. Profitability appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Over the weekend, Mark Suster and Fred Wilson each put up awesome posts discussing the idea of profitability in startups.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 12, 2012
For Internet crimes, the biggest complaints isn’t on identity theft (9.8 Others infographic Internet Internet crime Internet scams online scams
The Startup Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2019
Doing business in 2019 without the internet is, simply put, not really doing business at all. A business operating without a stable, reliable and consistent internet provider may as well be selling rocks in the Stone Age. Understanding Business Internet Packages.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 2, 2012
When it comes to using the Internet, one country does it better than the rest. Sweden beat out the United States as it had more citizens online (90-percent, compared to 75-percent of Americans), and provided better and faster bandwidth per Internet user.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 8, 2012
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The best place to learn is by scouting around the Internet today.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2015
But the biggest shift to the supply chain will see it digitally connected and becoming part of the Internet of Things. We’ll see the true transformative potential of data nourishing AI as we enter the next phase of the Internet of Things.
deal architect
OCTOBER 24, 2013
Lee, our leather repair guy, has mended and polished countless shoes and bags and heels and soles for our family over the last couple of decades. From Korea, his English has got better and better and during a recent visit, Industry Commentary
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 3, 2012
It seems like everyone has an Internet startup these days. Without a sustainable strategy, these challenges lead to the terrifying statistic that nine out of ten online businesses will fail, and lead to the current ratio of Internet failures to millionaires being thousands to one.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 1, 2014
The advent of the Internet has changed the way humankind does many things, and last year – 2013 – marked the first time that there became more Internet-capable mobile devices than humans. But how do we consume the Internet? Others broadband infographic Internet web
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 11, 2012
I thought this was a powerful and clever video about the risks to the free and open Internet. I was happy to see Google launch their Take Action site last week about a Free and Open Internet. Google ‘Take Action’ Backs the Free and Open Internet. Internet Treaty.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. Here is a quick test of your real Internet savvy. Internet radio. jargon entrepreneur startup lingo internet business
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 25, 2012
By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications.
Start Up Blog
APRIL 18, 2018
Continue reading → The post Why we need to rebuild the internet appeared first on Steve Sammartino. Uncategorized data facebook future internet jaron lanier Mark Zuckerberg privacy technologyIn life and in business I believe in a few guiding principles.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. (*) Benchmark is/was an investor in companies labeled with the asterisk.
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Since Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all been vocal (to various degrees) about staffing up the human element of their content moderation teams, here are a few things to understand about how these systems typically work.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 14, 2016
For most people, using the internet on a daily basis is important. Finding a way to increase the speed of your internet is not easy. One of the first things that you will need to do when attempting to fix this issue is to test your internet connection. Others Internet
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Some countries hate the Internet. Actually, it may be more accurate to say that some countries are fearful of the power of the Internet to harness people power that may lead to the overthrow in the “natural” order of things.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 5, 2017
The real “resume” that you have to live with is everything that you or anyone else has posted about you on any site on the Internet. You can’t hide, since no Internet presence will always be a negative.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 12, 2013
These days, if your startup does not have an Internet home base up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. There should be no doubt that an Internet presence is as basic to success in business today, as brick and mortar was a hundred years ago.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 22, 2013
The online space has burgeoned so much that every single minute, around 639,800 gigabytes worth of data is transferred around the Internet; in fact, about 47,000 apps are downloaded and more than two million searches are handled by Google in the same time.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 24, 2018
by Nicolas Windpassinger , author of “ Internet of Things: Digitize or Die “ Everyone speaks about the Internet of Things, by now most people know what it is and some start-ups and young professionals are knees deep in IoT.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 7, 2014
Yesterday when we were having Comcast issues in downtown Boulder, I thought about how slow the Internet speed at my office was. And yes – as a consumer, I’m spending a ton of money for all of this Internet connectivity. When the SOPA/PIPA issue came to a head, the most effective way to help people understand the potential implications was to blackout the Internet for a day. The post Dear Internet: Let’s Demo The Slow Lane appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 9, 2013
Today, the Internet has grown by such leaps and bounds that a tremendous amount of data is being created, delivered and stored each day on the Internet. Here’s an infographic look at the timeline of how the Internet has grown since: [ Infographic credit: Who Is Hosting This ].
Start Up Blog
JUNE 10, 2017
We don’t really have the internet in Australia. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies.
David Cohen
MARCH 10, 2019
The post True Blue – an Internet public art story appeared first on Hi, I'm David G. A few years ago while sitting on a barstool in Boulder, I was chatting with my friend Eliot Peper. Eliot is a terrific author, and has written many great books circling around entrepreneurship with some of it set in Boulder. That day, I was sharing a thought about a story I had in my head. I was secretly hoping he might think it was interesting and write a book about it.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 12, 2016
What about the internet? It’s long past the year 2000 now and you really should be using the internet to further your business goals. Successful businesses succeed on the back of the tools that the internet can offer, but before we have a look at the tools, let’s talk about success.
deal architect
APRIL 2, 2012
The stats in the Infograhic from Intel below are striking, but it’s easy to dismiss what companies as a whole are doing. Nothing smacks you more than the intensity of individual executives. In my book, Tony Prophet who heads operations. Industry Commentary
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2014
In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund. I can’t remember the month, but I think it was in the summer, that all the public Internet stocks dropped a bunch (probably 25%).
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. At the same time, acquisition opportunities will expand as large existing companies, unable to keep up with the pace of innovation in these emerging Internet markets, will “innovate&# by buying startups. Carpe Diem.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 13, 2018
To help you understand the market better, here are 10 things that sell like hot cakes on the internet: 1. With more than 12 million ecommerce businesses on the web, it is a bit daunting for new ones to make a mark quickly, especially when businesses as big as Amazon and Spotify are at the top.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 25, 2011
When we got home, we settled in upstairs with our coffees, the dogs, some music, and the Internets (well – she’s over there reading the New York Times – very old school.). I did all my normal Speedtest things and realized that it was actually the “performance of the Internet” Sites loaded fine. I tweeted out “boy the internets are slow today. I’m curious if the rest of you are seeing slow / random / weird Internet performance?
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