www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. If you work your way down the Forbes 400 making an x next to the name of each person with an MBA, youll learn something importantabout business school. This doesnt work well.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Since 1996, ASLAN has worked with many Fortune 500 companies, training more than 100,000 sellers and leaders in over 35 countries. Top 20, since 1996, ASLAN has worked with many fortune 500 companies training more than 100,000 sellers and leaders all over in 35 countries. I've got my email and I just gotta write it on changing names.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

For I have stared into the countenance of evil and lived to speak the tale… A Long Time Ago (In Internet Years). By the time I was providing them with the name and home address of my paternal ancestors I realized I might be making a mistake. So I updated the company name while we were on the phone. But no more!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. That’s what he knows best. And he argues that you need to have some “comparative advantage&# as an investor.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2025

Chapters: [00:09] Introducing Bruce Clay [00:53] SEO in 1996 [04:47] The Growing Importance of SEO [11:19] How to Create Quality Content for SEO [14:50] Is Zero-Click the End of SEO? [18:59] He's been a world renowned expert in the field of SEO since 1996. A lot of people couldn't spell SEO in 1996, probably, right? Yeah, yeah.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Yesterday I read No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet. If you don’t recognize the name Danny Lewin there are two big things to know before you dive into this book. Akamai’s original name was Cachet Technologies. He longed to be at MIT.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I don’t think we as busy professionals and Internet junkies know how to sit still and self-reflect. Met you in 1996 Mr Malik and always knew that you were going to make it and make it big one day. Name (required). I often tell others – if you walk looking back, you are going to fall flat on your face. They may [.].

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

Whereas we got some big names interested in Pay4bugs very early, just with SEO. #9 We’re firm believers in digital products and online based services (not ad based). However, it all still depends on the audience. Selling our VOIP service without a “physical CD&# proves very hard in education. 9 Jeremy on 08.11.09 Low margins 2.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. (Unless it’s a high-end supercomputer with a computing capacity of 10 000 regular PCs.) Prime time.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 → How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch Micropreneurship , Startups If youre trying grow your startup youve come to the right place. at 12:45 pm Rob, why aren’t you telling us the name of the company? #8 Just a thought. #7

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. That’s what he knows best. And he argues that you need to have some “comparative advantage&# as an investor.

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The Next Web

JULY 15, 2012

Gonzo is a passionate internet entrepreneur who has been doing business online since 1996. In 2007 he started KillerStartups.com : ‘Where Internet Entrepreneurs Are The Stars’ We acquired the domain name Startups.com a few years back. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Gonzo Arzuaga. ” Argh!

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

So is this the year that mobile computing becomes mainstream and that mobile software/service companies become a household name?    Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia. 

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www.rhymer.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

FREE Naming. Rhymer Home > Naming > 10 Questions When Naming. Ten crucial questions when naming your business, product, or Web site: Who are my consumers? What am I naming? What type of a name do I want? How long should the name be? Do the sounds in the name have the right appeal?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

So is this the year that mobile computing becomes mainstream and that mobile software/service companies become a household name?    Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia. 

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. After a little bit of digging through old backups, I found a folder with drafts of a couple of my old articles/paper from 1996. Sunday, May 05, 1996.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. After a little bit of digging through old backups, I found a folder with drafts of a couple of my old articles/paper from 1996. Sunday, May 05, 1996.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Once you’ve posted something on the internet, it can go viral within seconds, leaving no room for a do-over. Announce your nonprofit’s role when another user uses the nonprofit’s name elsewhere on the web. The Communications and Decency Act of 1996 also offers some protection for infringement claims for nonprofits.

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aweissman.com

APRIL 14, 2010

It delivered monetization through its pricing scheme: users paid AOL for Internet access by the hour ($6.95 The Internet business changed, completely, in 1996 when the AT&T WorldNet Service began offering"all-you-eat" (u nlimited access) pricing for Internet access. The platform succeeded. Until it didnt. Newer Post.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! According to Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends Report , 6 of the world’s top 10 most used apps are messaging apps. first name and last name, photo, twitter handle, etc.). It’s been around since the mid-1990s.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). So much for timing.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I first came across Bill when he was a Wall Street analyst and covered my company Open Market (IPO 1996). For purposes of this blog post, I am only focused on companies involving technology, whether software, Internet, health care or energy – which I’ll define as members of the Innovation Economy. Name Media ($50-60m).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

Imagine you want to store data about customers, each of whom has "last name" field in your database. The problem should be familiar to anyone who plays Scrabble: not all letter are equally likely to be used as the first letter of someones name. Give each entity a name. For example, consider this simple scheme.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My name is John Bates. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. The most obvious place that businesses and or accountants turn to for their small business clients is generally banks, big banks, community banks, you name it. They had a different business, different end game.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). It’s no longer necessarily just a long-form, audio on format — it’s becoming part of the fabric of the Internet. Video is the new HTML.”

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