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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

In 1993, it was during one of these long walks that he’d stumble on a philosophy that would determine his life’s path – that he’d do whatever it takes to succeed in life. Peer-To-Peer Referral Network. Mawuna Koutonin is the founder of London-based GoodBuzz , and his story is the stuff of dreams.

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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft

Both Sides of the Table

And social networks enabled rapid growth and also the ability to more easily find and play with friends or make new ones. I began playing Fantasy Football in 1993 before it was even a big thing. Online games had now become a monster industry and mobile was a huge driver through casual gamers.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. The people of IT—CIOs, network engineers, system administrators, IT developers and their brethren—get captured and held hostage by the technological dictators. Final thought.

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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. This was not so illogical as most companies didn’t even run TCP/IP—they ran proprietary networking protocols such as AppleTalk, Netbios, and SNA.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. The people of IT—CIOs, network engineers, system administrators, IT developers and their brethren—get captured and held hostage by the technological dictators. Final thought.

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User Experience Testing: A Conversion-Focused Guide

ConversionXL

A paper by Griffin and Hauser in Marketing Science (1993) defined four aspects to take into consideration when conducting voice of customer research: Customer needs described in the customer’s own words. It’s essentially the in-depth process of capturing customer’s expectations, preferences and aversions – in their own words.

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Raving Fans – How Our Themes Evolve

Feld Thoughts

I first thought of raving fans when I read Ken Blanchard’s book by the same name in 1993 when I was CEO of Feld Technologies (my first company). On Tuesday, we realized that we have made several investments yesterday that have a concept in common – that of raving fans. The message rang true for me then and still does today.