1995 Distribution Partner 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. And it may work.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Secondly, they had an owned & operated (O&O) website – Google.com – and Overture had shut down GoTo.com at the request of their very profitable and large distribution partners. – the biggest Internet portals of the day.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. Brands like Samsung, LG, and Dunkin Donuts pay Meebo to advertise to users on our partner sites. Why do you love speaking to students at universities?
Ben's Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
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. As late as November 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book entitled The Road Ahead in which he predicted that the Information Super Highway would rule the future.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 3, 2020
My investments have always been geographically distributed across the US and I spent the majority of my time between Monday and Friday on the road. In 1995, at the dawn of the age of the commercial Internet, this involved landlines, answering machines, pagers, and fax machines. For many years, this was a function of travel.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 5, 2010
Second, and full disclosure, I’ve invested in a few of these funds ; and third my teaching partner Ann Miura-Ko is a partner in one of these funds. One could argue that there’s nothing new here, as Internet distibution models started in 1995. Lean VC’s are expert in on-line distribution, Agile and Customer Development.
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