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20 Best Biographies For Tech-Minded Students

YoungUpstarts

” Chances are good that now, more than ever before, the stories of the men and women who paved the way for today’s technology, and the people who are now exploiting those works in new and fascinating ways, will appeal to more than just students who are early adopters. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. .”

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. In the first edition, The Information Super Highway was to be the logical successor to the Internet, but definitely not using Internet technology.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally.

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

In 1993, Word 6.0 They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. WORD FOR MAC – Martina Lauchengco.

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RIP Len Fassler

Feld Thoughts

We were introduced in the spring of 1993 by Jim Galvin, CEO of Allcom, which had just been acquired by Len’s company Sage Alerting Systems. Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. At Mobius, we invested in Vytek, another company Len co-founded. I loved him deeply.

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No Vision, All Drive

David Cohen

It was pretty fun to sit on stage recently with Techstars co-founder David Brown to tell our story in front of the newest class of Techstars founders in Boulder. We sold Pinpoint Technologies for half as much as we later learned that the acquirer was willing to pay. Since then I’ve seen 48 Techstars companies exit.

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