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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Technology DC Acquisition Silicon Valley 234

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Africa is not known to generate many technology talents – the country is far more prolific in its music, sport and art – but here’s one young African who intends to buck the trend. 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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Togo Africa Advisory Board Campaign 222

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.

Marketing 52

Marketing Social Media Technical Review Media 52

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.

Bankruptcy 134

Bankruptcy Product United States Startup 134

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.

eCommerce 152

eCommerce Technical Review Social Media Analytics 152

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

That was 1994, and now, almost 20 years later, QR code technology is experiencing a revival — but not in the automotive industry. The possibilities for their use are endless, and many translate into the college classroom , offering a fun and exciting way for students to use technology for learning. QR Assignments.

Software Review 262

Software Review Technical Review Mobile Video 262

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

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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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.

Finance 53

Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 53

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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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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EC2 Software Review Technical Review Cloud 137

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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Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio Valuation 60

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

Security Web Green Social Media 168

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

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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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 77

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.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Boston Internet Venture Capital 150

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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Technical Review Angel Investor Partner Database 154

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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Artificial Inteligence Stock Social Media Seattle 179

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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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

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.

Community 117

Community Technical Review United States New York City 117

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While I no longer have a house in Kansas City, I have a deep affection for the city, as it has played an important role in my own entrepreneurial journey, starting with a major software project in the early 1990s for a client of Feld Technologies and accelerating with monthly trips in 1994 to work with The Kauffman Foundation on various projects. .

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Kansas City Kansas Matching Community 122

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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Technical Review San Francisco Software Review Distribution 150

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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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Technology has been a boon for business, and that is especially true for small and medium sized business. Technology has shortened the playing field by reducing the costs required to make your business run efficiently. As technology has moved to the cloud, it has become more accessible. I think you’ll agree with the results.

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Architecture B2B Audio Video 147

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.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

In 1994, (I know a long time ago), I invested over a million dollars (two million six hundred thousand in today’s dollars) into a company whose entrepreneurs had a vision that I bought into for many reasons, not the least of which was that I had industry experience and understood the need. Technology advances cannot be stopped.

Bankruptcy 62

Bankruptcy Reputation Campaign Business Plan 62

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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Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept.

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New Mexico Albuquerque Mexico Egypt 138

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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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

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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Venture Capital Reputation Affiliate Conversion 70

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. Soon after, Len called me and asked if I’d be interested in selling Feld Technologies to Sage Alerting. And I will miss him every day. After Jim’s company was acquired, Len asked him who else he should talk to in the Boston area.

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SEC Cofounder Boston New York 164

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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Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 61

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

With more or less everyone owning a smartphone, along with other scanning technology, the use of QR codes in event marketing is firmly staking its claim as a useful tool. Invented in 1994, as the smartphone became more commonplace so too did the use of QR codes. Technology and product launches. What is a QR code?

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Marketing Social Media Mobile Viral 113

Hunter Walker

JULY 3, 2021

And every once in a while I fact-checked monologue jokes or ran across NYC to pick up celebrity-related props (the vintage denim jacket photoshoot they appeared in pre-stardom, the Japan-only release of a terrible movie they’d try to bury) — you have to remember this was 1994–95 and the consumer internet was still largely in its formative stages.

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Japan Restful Internet Programming 115

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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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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Las Vegas Technical Review Security New York 113

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The Bright, Sustainable Future of Chicago’s Technology Ecosystem. Millennial Innovators Are About to Leave Big Cities. Here’s how small-town America is primed to beat Silicon Valley in innovation. Sure – we have plenty of investments in Silicon Valley, or whatever you want to call it.

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