Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Brad on blogging.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m going to start by going back to 1994. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. Smaller equals faster in processor technology.). But manufacturing technology has proceeded to get smaller and smaller.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2010

My first company, Feld Technologies, didn’t have contracts. Since I started investing in 1994, I’ve been on the giving and receiving end of an endless number of contracts which often include SLA’s.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Online calculators provide instant loan estimates, loan applications can be completed and submitted in a matter of minutes, and sophisticated web-based technology helps accelerate the credit decision process.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

.” 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. Feld Technologies was acquired in November 1993.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Andrew Chen said CTRs have fallen from a high of 78 percent in 1994 (via HotWire) to.05 Tech companies naturally lean and rely on technologists to create value for their firm; however, the market has a long history of ignoring technology in favor of products that understand people. Paid advertising channels follow the same pattern.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. I’ve been interested in private company data since I started Feld Technologies in 1987. He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look. And that was it.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

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. Thus, the need for intuitive interfaces and seamless technology integration into devices becomes more important than ever before.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Charlie started his own company, The Feld Group, in 1992 , when my company (Feld Technologies) was five years old. After I sold my company and started investing in companies in 1994, Charlie and I talked regularly about the Internet, which was just emerging as something that large companies should pay attention to.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 6, 2019

A number of lawsuits followed, like in 1994 when a Texas man was awarded $15 million as compensation for accidentally shooting himself in the foot when using this rifle on a hunting trip. Their Model 700 and Model 710 rifles were recalled because of a faulty firing control system.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. This transition from the traditional business model to a complete online sales became a popular revenue trend during this time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

24: The Unaired 1994 – [link]. Extraordinary story of undiscovered, self-taught 20th century photography master Vivian Maier – [link]. Incredible Video of Flash Flood Washing Away Cars In Queensland – [link]. Phenomenal. Snowboarding Alaska’s backcountry from 7.7 thousand feet – [link].

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Card,” which has been published annually since 1994, grades Central Bank governors of 30 key countries, and the ECB, according to an “A” to “F” scale for their performance and success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

A Harvard Business School report, “ The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation ,” declares that large banks approve only 33 percent of loans under $100,000, compared to 60 percent approved by small banks. This finding was based on a FDIC survey of business owners.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 24, 2015

They met and married in China in 1994. Data protection is a huge thing to focus on in the office; almost 90% of businesses still have sensitive information on paper (even in today’s world of technology!). They met and married in China in 1994. In essence, Kidorable is a love story. Show Quotes . Invest in a shredder!

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

While there may be generational gaps about fashion or social conventions, millenials are often at the forefront when it comes to technology. Armed with new technologies and attitudes, Millennials are poised to start businesses that can transform today’s realities into the economy of tomorrow. At the end of June, U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media. Banner Ads.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. All of those companies trade at high multiples.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. The core of the talk was to explain how decentralized technology is the next generation of what we saw develop with the internet. Disruptors are dismissed until they aren’t.

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Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 53

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). If we look beyond the cyclical nature of computing platforms, we can see that technological innovation comes in waves – with a surge of technological development followed by quieter periods of adaptation.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Millennials are those born between 1980 and 1994. This generation is much more technology-focused than previous ones, so increase your online presence. Also, if you thought that technology was important for millennials, wait until you engage with Generation Z. Millennials.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. My first company (Feld Technologies) was one of the first Microsoft Solution Providers ( Dwayne Walker , are you still out there somewhere?) At the beginning I was still working for AmeriData when I started investing.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 2, 2024

When Lori Hawkins joined the Austin American Statesman in 1994 to cover technology, the city looked vastly different from what it does today. Dell was just ten years old at the time. It was the dawn of the information age, an economy built on computers, software, and the commercial Internet. For the next three decades, […]

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thebarefootvc

JULY 13, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. The core of the talk was to explain how decentralized technology is the next generation of what we saw develop with the internet. Disruptors are dismissed until they aren’t.

Finance 40

Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 40

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Marc released Mosaic in 1993.

Romania 35

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 35

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I began covering Dell as an equity analyst for First Boston in early 1994, and over the six years that followed, Dell’s stock would appreciate 100x; a remarkable and perhaps unprecedented run of value creation. Stitch Fix’s personalization technology creates a very similar dynamic within women’s fashion.

eCommerce 62

eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Secure Sockets Layers, better known as SSL, is the global standard of security technology that enables encrypted communication between the web browser and the web server, keeping all information from being intercepted between communication of the browser and server. Since the inception of the SSL in 1994, the TLS was also birthed.

Security 168

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2015

If we can learn anything from Gates’ mistake, it’s that you shouldn’t ignore your competitors or an upcoming area in your field, particularly in the technology sector. Technology is evolving all the time, and it’s in your best interests to keep up, adapt quickly, and stay one step ahead whenever possible.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2013

I joined my first board of a company other than mine in 1994 (NetGenesis). Zero special technology. Since then, I’ve sat on hundreds of boards and been to a zillion board meetings. I crushes my soul a little to think of the number of board meetings I have sat through that were ineffective, poorly run, or just plain boring.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

It’s hard to imagine that networking giant Cisco has been in Singapore for 20 years, playing a part in helping Singaporeans get online for the firs time in 1994. “Singapore’s vision is very much aligned with Cisco’s especially when it comes to Internet and education, two of the great equalizers in life.”

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

If youre highly technical and drive the technology vision of the company, people will get it without you tacking on the CTO title. Lack of Technical Leadership In my definition, to call a company a tech startup, there must be some significant technology that gives you an advantage. If youre the CEO, just be the CEO!

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Recently, the company shifted its focus into becoming a leader in innovative technology and artificial intelligence. #3. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. #4. One of the popular social media apps around the world, Facebook is also considered a technological success.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2012

With a single-query system that uses metasearch technology to trawl most of the major-player engines in one go, you’ll also find multimedia results and local news. Taking its name from the metasearch technology that allows a single-query search of several indexed engines, MetaCrawler’s popularity peaked in the late 90?s, WebCrawler.

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