Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

” I remember a moment in time in 1997. In 1999 we filed an S-1 to take Sage Networks public. The post The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or … appeared first on Feld Thoughts. As many of the Cylons from BSG are fond of saying, “All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.”

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. This acquisition also made me think more about how threads and networks cross and connect. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). Diego had just started in the MSE program.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Diego and I first met in 1997. This acquisition also made me think more about how threads and networks cross and connect. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Huge congratulations to the entire IndexTank Team and especially to IndexTank’s founder Diego Basch (@ dbasch ). Diego had just started in the MSE program.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 19, 2014

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., At the time, a company called Network Solutions was essentially the only place from which people could register domain names. That changed in 2001, however, and GoDaddy.com quickly grew.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources. Now, the present.

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www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I started using my first content management system around 1997, when things were crude and clumsy. How many times have you heard this across your network: "Are you out of editing your story so I can go in and review it?" The modern CMS is still in a state of flux. Recognizing actual workflows isn't easy either.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. I decided I wanted to transfer into the super technical group at Accenture that focused on computer networking. ” It literally took more than a year and a completely ballsy move to get Network Solutions to accept me.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU. 30- Social network for ideas. Thanks to David Hernandez, lotus823 ! #29- 29- For appreciation. Photo credit: Bansi Lakhani. Thanks to Bansi Lakhani, Healing Hands ! #30- Photo credit: Justin Brown.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Content Is Profit hosted by Louis and Fonzi Kame, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. It started in 1997 with his first letter and his last letter in 2000 that came out in 2021. So again, he's ta that's something that's consistent.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Disturbingly, they seem to understand the vulnerabilities of the United States’ network infrastructure better than many Americans do.” networks, an approach that is very different from the current path that the U.S. networks, an approach that is very different from the current path that the U.S. is following. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). This lasted from about 2001-2004.

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Diego Basch

MARCH 4, 2011

Fast forward to 1997. I’m doing my masters at Carnegie Mellon, enjoying the most awesome network connection. Are we killing the network? No web, no connectivity for the most part, just simple games, random programs, hardware drivers, random utilities. Basic, Pascal, Assembly, C. Write prototypes. Use load generator tools.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. That makes me sound like a genius today, But the point was 25 years ago that when you went to work for Hewlett, what's 25 years ago is 97, when you went to work for Hewlett Packard in 1997, you expected to be there for the next 40 years.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Joining Microsoft in 1987 or Yahoo in 1997 or Google in 2005 or Facebook today still gives someone new to the professional world a lot of the exposure to the “startup” world. Working at P&G or Ford isn’t going to feel like a startup and isn’t likely to help you build an entrepreneurially-minded network.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. 08:00 PM: Microsoft Party and Interactive Gallery Speakeasy – Three levels of music, hot DJ’s, drinks and networking at Austin’s hottest nightclub. A must attend event! 03:30 PM: Could The iPad Have Saved Gourmet?

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even if you have a blog, it might be lost in your website navigation and might look like it was designed in 1997. According to studies by content distribution network provider Akamai , a two-second delay in webpage loading time increases “bounce rate” (the number of people who immediately leave a site) by a whopping 103%.

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The Next Web

APRIL 29, 2013

I remember how nervous I was when I met the competitor to my first startup, in 1997, afraid as I was that I would accidentally slip him an important piece of information that he would be able to use against me. There is room for more than one social network, photo-sharing app or technology news blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, What I garnered was that many VCs secretly wanted to be entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) Below you can see the number of doctors in the athenahealth network - which is over 25,000. That is why I’ve chosen athenahealth for the third in my series on scaling (following Akamai and TripAdvisor ). Founding Story: A Pivot.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was happy to do my part and present on fundraising both Monday at Austin Ventures as well as Tuesday along with panelists from CTAN (the Central Texas Angel Network). I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Previously he was CEO of Quigo Technologies, a contextual ad network, which he sold to AOL for a reported $340m+. Prior to joining Quigo, Mr. Yavonditte served as vice president of sales for USA Networks Electronic Commerce Solutions Group in New York. In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc.

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Life Beyond Code

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Never confuse entertainment for education or engagement: Most of your activities in the social networks you belong to will fall under entertainment unless you think through your interactions well before hand. Save time and more by skipping News: I must have spent close to 200 hours watching news or reading newspapers since 1997.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

When Gary McPherson studied musicians in 1997, he discovered there was one major factor that contributed to success years down the line. But moving beyond the kind of “I’ll rub your back if you’ll rub mine” networking, helping others is also linked to greater levels of positivity. Take two minutes and journal.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2017

Back in the day, even when you had clients and friends, you pretty much had to wing it when it came to learning, sharing and networking. I can remember being quoted in USA Today in 1997 on becoming a virtual assistant. Yep, I had a hop in my step that day! Forums/Message Boards. Virtual Assistants.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. Before I start discussing the businesses, I'd like to highlight the role the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) has played in developing the e-cells at 470 different schools and colleges in India.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

” In my opinion, there is a digital consumer revolution-just look at the falling prices of plasma tvs and wireless networking gear to figure out who the beneficiaries are. But it’s very early, and a small part of the whole pie.” The post CES-Show me the money! first appeared on BeyondVC.

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BeyondVC

JULY 16, 2007

Taking this a step further, let’s look at the amount of capital raised by some of the more recent IPOs: Starent Networks: $100mm pre-IPO with first VC round in August 2000, $986mm market cap Limelight Networks: $100mm pre-IPO with the big round in summer 2006, $1.6b

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 18, 2007

In a scary way, it felt like it was 1997 all over again, and we were at a networking event in New York talking about their first startups. I had a great time and while I ran into many friends from the Bay Area, what I enjoyed most was bumping into many of the original New York entrepreneurs that I have known over the last 10 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, What I garnered was that many VCs secretly wanted to be entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

” In my opinion, there is a digital consumer revolution-just look at the falling prices of plasma tvs and wireless networking gear to figure out who the beneficiaries are. But it’s very early, and a small part of the whole pie.” The post CES-Show me the money! appeared first on BeyondVC.

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BeyondVC

JULY 16, 2007

Taking this a step further, let’s look at the amount of capital raised by some of the more recent IPOs: Starent Networks: $100mm pre-IPO with first VC round in August 2000, $986mm market cap. Limelight Networks: $100mm pre-IPO with the big round in summer 2006, $1.6b market cap.

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B2B IPO Valuation Internet 60

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Your brand lives in everyday interactions with your customers, the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, and in your posts on social networks. For example, you can build online communities on Twitter, Facebook, your small business blog, on Instagram, or on other social networks.

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Small Business Social Network Naming Community 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro. Hillary has been working to make government more accessible and available online for nearly two decades, starting as a web designer for Arkansas.gov in 1997.

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aweissman.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

For someone like me who grew up in the Internet of 1997, to watch this was nothing short of revelatory. Those that worked, we added capacity, services, as needed, thus variablizing the entire product development process. For example, take the world of science, scientific discovery, scientific entrepreneurialism.

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