Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Technology firms now make up seven of the ten biggest companies in the world. Only one of which, was on the list in 1999 – that being Microsoft. The second unarticulated need is for major Government funded technology driven projects – NASA level projects – real moonshots.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

While it is important to keep pace with technological and tactical advances, it’s also important to hang on to marketing tools that continue to prove their worth. When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. Print catalogs worked in 1999, and they still work today.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. He was to head up UK operations.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

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. An aspiring entrant would need to build a network of railways to compete independently. Image source ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Let me start by saying two things: Events like this are invaluable to startups because the significant value comes from building the network across portfolio companies and the discussion one can have with your peer group. Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money).

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Technology collaborations along the lines of the Qualcomm-Tudou partnership are another example of creative US-China partnerships. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital. The short answer is simple: Partnership.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. Explain how you will retain your customers, whether through customer relationship management (CRM) applications, building network externalities, introducing ongoing value-added services, or other means.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. I’m writing this post to make sure you’re all on that same playing field.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04] When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999 long time ago.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2015

In the Y2K projects – which had to get done by the end of 1999, or “bad things” would happen – there were executives who wanted different projects to get done first, and so, requested the Y2K projects have their end-date moved. Parents say no a lot which tends to make children upset.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04] When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999, long time ago.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Acelerar Technologies Daniel expects SharePoint's cloud based solution provider eco-system to develop over the next few years. Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. He currently has a 1999 strategy. Discuss.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. The Power of the Individual: This was the year that the individual, amplified by technology platforms, became empowered to rise against oppressions both large and small.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). Before this, it was housed, since inception in 1999, within the walls of ATI, where the Wi-Fi Alliance and ATI built a unique, collaborative relationship. They thought the market could be significant if IEEE 802.11

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We started all the way back in 1999, and despite the raised eyebrows and lack of roadmap, we’ve fostered some unthinkable transitions. And they can have a huge ROI: They help employees deepen relationships founded virtually, develop new networks, and feel excited and engaged about their work.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D. in History from UCLA.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

You – being members of the technology community. 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. Why does iPhone only come on the AT&T network?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

In 1995, though, I wasn’t truly network-literate yet. Follow your network.”. Be passionate, sure, but also think about where your network is strong, and what opportunities that strength creates. By cultivating a strong professional network. It was 1999. I just didn’t realize how important.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I saw it myself in 1999-2002 when it was hard to charge for my product because all of my competitors raised large rounds of capital and were giving away their products free fueled by large VC rounds. Fred echoes my view that fewer firms is good for the industry and good for the companies we fund.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

No matter how capable and experienced, an entrepreneur needs as many trusted, networked and experienced eyes and ears to help her navigate through this dynamic market. In early days, the network effect of employees, advisors, investors is key to gaining market traction and scale:

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. Could I learn the job and build my network fast enough or would I lose the company? Superior network – Great professional CEOs know lots of outstanding executives and employees.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Often, the entire organization starts dreaming up bigger, bolder features that are sure to dazzle the marketplace, but without the best grasp on what technology can and can’t do, or fully realizing what caused us to miss our commitments in the first place.

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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. To solve any substantial computing task you’ll need more than one computer.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. Liron – I’ve been in the online marketing scene since 1999, in the last six years has been involved in the online software vertical in the context of affiliate marketing. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Liz Dobrinska, founder of Innovative Images, provides consulting, marketing communication, website and design services to a diverse number of clients including universities, private clubs, food service, manufacturing and technology companies. Networking is huge and being exposed to people who appreciate the work that your doing is important.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

Presenting in the Entertainment and Content Technology category at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, Sceenic will talk about its Watch Together SaaS solution, which enables media companies to create interactive co-viewing experiences for dispersed viewers. What are the goals for Sceenic for SXSW 2018? What inspires your team to work harder?

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Even after the team introduced Mosaic, the world’s first browser, almost nobody thought the Internet would be significant beyond the scientific community­—least of all the most important technology industry leaders who were busy building proprietary alternatives. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

First, wireless voice networks – cell phone networks – had started to emerge. These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. At the same time, digital data networks to support “pagers” were also growing rapidly.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996. We took Interliant public in 1999 on the second attempt (the SEC didn’t clear the filing until a week after the end of the first road show, our first of many misfires with Merrill Lynch, who was our lead banker.)

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Go though social network. Digital technology has made this possible, but the biggest advantage of small business lies in its ability to become more mobile and flexible due to its lack of size, structure, and processes—qualities which the large corporations do not have.

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