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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. To really assess what opportunities the VC industry has over the next decade, one needs to first look at some of the root causes of poor returns in the past decade.
ReadWriteStart
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In 1998, Google founders were ready to sell it to Yahoo for USD one million — but Yahoo refused the opportunity. Blinded by its advertising revenue , Yahoo let customer experience take a backseat. It kept changing its interface frequently, up to the point that its users struggled to get used to it.
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Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I bought the Diamond Rio mp3 player in 1998. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. In both cases what surprises me is not that it happened, but how long it took.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. [side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.]
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 14, 2022
Bitcoin was conceptualised in 1998 by Satoshi Nakamoto (thought to be possibly a pseudonym), however, the first official Bitcoin transaction did not occur until January 12th, 2009 when Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 Bitcoins for two Papa John’s pizzas (Dowling 2013).
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. .&# In a complete return to where we all began with AOL – the world is “closed&# again as Facebook has become this generation’s walled garden. Well, here’s a quick history primer that may change your mind: 1.
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 14, 2009
In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers.
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