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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. But you need to think in terms of broader distribution. But I’m with Jason Calacanis.

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Economic Moats: Who Has Them? And How Do You Get One?

ConversionXL

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Takeaway : If demand has firm boundaries, aim for geographic dominance. But demand won’t scale.

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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. If I get demand from people after this video to do a deeper dive on term sheets we will.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

What is the future of Pay-Per-View/Video-on-Demand (PPV and VOD)? Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1 In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. Has the U.S.

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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

He figured out quickly that there was a demand for printed tutorials. He said they found some sh*ty online print on demand service who could take credit cards and went from there. Consider using Amazon EC2, 99Designs uses it, they get 5.25TB of images uploaded frequently, EC2 helped them scale with customer demand.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Small Business Growing

Up and Running

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Ferris eventually sold BrainQuicken and became a best-selling author, in-demand blogger, business consultant, motivator, and popular endorser. Then identify the goals and distribute them to the various departments in your company. From a company worth $1.6

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

In places where international diplomacy had failed, citizens around the world found their individual and collective voices to topple dictatorships and demand better lives for themselves and future generations. What comes next remains to be seen but these revolutions even empowered individuals not touched directly by the uprisings.