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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

He would trade in 1994, for example, his basic food allowance to pay for his first computer class while studying art and philosophy in Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I). His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website.

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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

YoungUpstarts

It was launched in 1994, and had over 10 inbuilt apps. The risk is — a cyberattack will cause more than loss revenue, but loss reputation as well, causing customers to jump to alternative services. Now that near-instant communication had been achieved, the next step in the evolution was in providing content. What’s next?

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

For most online vendors, this new revenue model was a significant change in the way brands set advertising campaigns. It’s during the rise of this revenue model; banks found a way to increase their presence by pushing development in online payment gateways like Paypal, VISA, etc.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

Feld Thoughts

” I bootstrapped my first company and, while we did a lot of work for VCs, I liked taking money from them as “revenue” (where they paid Feld Technologies for our services) rather than as investment. I’d say – very bluntly – “stay away from VCs.” Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

forward revenue in February 2016 (the low), they appreciated by 6% each month for the following six months. Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). There was a significant pull-back of the public markets in Q1. Yet while they were trading at 3.3x

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How Does A Small Company Make A Big Company Successful?

Feld Thoughts

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. Over a long period of time, these interactions, and many others that I’ve had with other big companies, have shaped my view on interacting with large tech companies.