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. The Internet was thought to be too arcane, insecure and slow to meet real business needs. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. Final thought. To have a birth requires a funeral.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

Much has been written about the characteristics – and quirks – of the Millennial Generation, those born between 1982 and 1995. We know that the Millennials are defined by their love for and use of technology, but how much do they really embrace the Internet and their devices?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. I’m sure it sounds unbelievable today, but in 1995, Fujitsu was a much bigger company than Apple in those days. At the same time, I was beginning to realize that the Internet was fundamentally different from closed, proprietary online services like CompuServe or eWorld.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Part of Snaptu’s 17 engineers that comprise the company will be integrated into the giant social-networking firm’s California headquarters as application developers while others will be kept in Israel in what will become its Israeli R&D center. Unemployment fell to 6.1% Unemployment had dropped as low as 5.9%

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2011

Post your blog and photos along with links to your social networks. If you chose not to participate in digital marketing and social media, you are only hurting yourself and your readers. There are millions of people on social networks; they don’t miss you, but you are missing out if you ignore them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. It was 2007.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. Final thought. To have a birth requires a funeral.'

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. Harness the internet to validate your business idea. Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Simply put, it’s not solving a real-life problem. You’re solving a problem!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. It was 2007.

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aweissman.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

With every mistake we must surely be learning I was having breakfast this morning with a new friend who happened to come of Internet age when I did with a similar set of experiences (he was one of the first 50 employees of Yahoo). The modem was at best 9.6 where are they. chatting, talking, messaging.

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