Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. Carpe Diem. The world of building profitable startups ended in 1995.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. In 2000, the SEC adopted Regulation FD in response to growing concerns regarding “ selective disclosure.”

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

After I looked like a slob on the biggest day of my life I scoured the internet to find the solution I was looking for. One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. I always loved languages.

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Cuba Haiti Technical Review 121

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

Software Review 144

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 144

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a group of geographically distributed servers that work together to deliver online content faster. Over half of all the world’s internet traffic is served through a CDN. Google has started to recommend a format called JPEG 2000. An easy way to ensure that is with a CDN.

Caching 102

Caching Development Team Review Hosting Software Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

According to IBM, companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

Entrepreneur 272

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

They permitted attackers to execute arbitrary code on virtually ever Ruby on Rails application, without requiring that the application do anything to enable the attack other than “be hooked up to the Internet.” In the worst case, attackers root every unpatched Rails app on the Internet. Was anyone actually compromised?

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Security Software Review Ruby Startup 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

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Database Social Media Global Distribution 236

A Crowded Space

JANUARY 17, 2019

There are millions of chess players in the world, and I believe the vast majority of serious players know their ELO ranking and also know exactly what it means to be 1000, 1500, or 2000. Just need to graph out the distribution curve of feedback and grade people according to a standard deviation. People should be graded on a curve.

Software Review 60

Software Review Software Developers Software Development Search 60

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

Since 2000, Intel has put out 29 microcode updates to their processors. The microcode is distributed by 1) Intel or by 2) Microsoft integrated into a BIOS or 3) as part of a Windows update. All hell broke loose when Edward Snowden leaked all this to press.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Russia Security Customer Development 335

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Internet and Online Business. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

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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Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

CEO Anne Raimondi and my partner Rob were colleagues together at eBay in the early 2000’s before she went on the lead product and/or marketing at many household internet names like Zazzle, InsiderPages, and SurveyMonkey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Every day, we create 2.5 Every day, we create 2.5

Database 188

Database Social Media Global Distribution 188

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. Have you been wondering about Distributed Version Control? © 2000-2010 Joel Spolsky. Want to know more?

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Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

As I walk around my neighborhood in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, I count every storefront whose products or services could be better delivered over the internet. Story is a 2000 square foot retail space with "a point of view" that is part store, part event, rotating on a regular basis to feature different themes.

Columbus 148

Columbus Distribution Internet Community 148

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Because of the magical ordering system and the ability to efficiently organize a distributed set of drivers, Uber can operate effectively in markets where it simply didn’t make sense to have a dense supply of taxis. The consultant’s prediction, 900,000 subscribers, was less than 1% of the actual figure, 109 Million. New Use Cases.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It eliminates my cost of distribution. ” And that turned into, at its culmination, the $2000 course kind of paradigm. Danny Iny: I think that $2000 price point, which is a little bit iconic in some markets, I think it’s going to start falling away because $2000 is just too much to charge for information.

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Bandwidth Cost Video Audience 56

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

I also plan to price it low so it has the potential for broad distribution. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. Boulder As A Laboratory.

Community 142

Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Internet and Online Business. Copyright © 2000 inc.com. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution. Leadership. Strategy and Planning. Human Resources (HR). Employee Benefits. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Advertising. TECHNOLOGY. Business Software. Computer Security. Telecom and Wireless.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

HubSpot – HubSpot is an Internet marketing suite that integrates with your website to track your online marketing efforts. Shoutlet – Distribute and track viral marketing campaigns across social media outlets. I have around 2000 emails to verify. Awsome post btw. Yalcin Great list. some real gems.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. An important message from The Journal.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet. It turns out that network effects can be broken – Amazon and StubHub took on eBay in the mid 2000’s. During the first dot com era, marketplaces were all the rage – with eBay leading the charge.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

By the year 2000, the global market for personal computers exceeded 140 million units a year. In the 25 years between 1975 and 2000, there were hundreds of brands of personal computers introduced in the American market. First via the phone and later via the Internet. ” YouTube owns “Internet videos.”

Silicon Valley 96

Silicon Valley Business Plan Stock America 96

Start Up Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

General simplified thought: The development, distribution and promotion of products and services to suit a specific audience in order to achieve business objectives. Our interests need to be broader than that of the marketer from 1950-2000. Knowing the implications of disposable technology, ambient computing and internet everywhere.

Marketing 92

Marketing Distribution Finance Audience 92

BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

Looking at Venturesource, I see that Jamdat was first funded in March 2000 precisely the time when VCs thought wireless was the next big thing. As an investor, the difficult part of any consumer wireless play is that the wireless world is a walled garden and not an open network like the Internet.

IPO 78

IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 78

thebarefootvc

JUNE 6, 2013

According to a recent Cisco report, last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly 12x the size of the ENTIRE global Internet in 2000. Data on its own is meaningless, and can create more challenges than benefits, unless it can be quickly be parsed, analyzed and distributed to relevant entities.

Venture Capital 88

Venture Capital Mobile Vertical Algorithm 88

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

They all went away; they got rolled up in 1999 and 2000 into these too-big-to-fail banking operations," Davidson tells us. What's happened in the last decade, the cost of launching an Internet product - forget other technologies, we'll focus on Internet - has dropped from $5 million to $500,000 in 2005, to $50,000 today," he continues.

IPO 115

IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Amazon saw that the internet would change retail. Nowhere in our book do we recommend that all entrepreneurs blitzscale.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

The largest total amount of venture capital released to educational technology companies within one year is $534 million, reached in the year 2000. Now, with the Internet and wireless networking more available than ever, it has become much cheaper to build integrated technologies and easier to attract students or schools.

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Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. Despite over 15 plus years of progress, little has changed about the way we consume articles on the web since the internet started. Remember when they said that people wouldn't pay for music?

Product 125

Product Clickthrough RSS Venture Capital 125

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

VC Cafe: Like any enterprise business run out of Israel, the challenge is distribution. We aim to sell through direct internet sales. Back in 2000 I followed the traditional VC trail, raised a lot of money to build (with a cofounder) one of the first interactive advertising companies. How are you planning to sell Blazemeter?

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Cloud Israel North America EC2 106

BeyondVC

JULY 5, 2004

Looking at Venturesource, I see that Jamdat was first funded in March 2000 precisely the time when VCs thought wireless was the next big thing. As an investor, the difficult part of any consumer wireless play is that the wireless world is a walled garden and not an open network like the Internet.

IPO 60

IPO Mobile Distribution Revenue 60