Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2024

This not only began my long-term love affair with the museum but also made me realize that computer history and the history of innovation clusters were missing the story of how the military and intelligence community had shaped the trajectory of post WWII technology. 2004 I’ll miss him. It was a privilege to know him.

Boston 263

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

After helping build the first Ethernet switch startup, I was attracted by Asynchronous Transfer Mode 25Mbit/sec technology, (ATM25) which was 2.5x The result: great success of my third startup, a load balancing technology for web servers back in the late 1990’s. faster than Ethernet and ran data but plus voice and video.

Japan 305

Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 305

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

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). I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). I learned how to better run a product management process.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

“My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. That was in May 2004, when she approached the Athens New Media Synergy Center out of UGA to build a mobile student messaging platform she called Vusion.

Social Media 187

Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software. The backend infrastructure that handles all the Internet connectivity and services for a world-wide distributed technology that was built by a team of 150 engineers overseas. I just read your post on Fixing the Obamacare site.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

However, the impact of this frugal technology has been immense. Some companies, such as M-Pesa in developing countries , offer a solution by utilizing widely available and affordable technology. The Renault Logan , released in 2004, is a prime example of frugal innovation. The Renault Logan.

Startup 198

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I’ve been interested in private company data since I started Feld Technologies in 1987. This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004. While it didn’t make me cynical, I calibrated my filters as I slogged through three more very long years between 2004 and 2007.

Technical Review 155

Technical Review Angel Investor Partner Database 155

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. One of the reasons it still made sense for a company like Facebook to hire locally in 2004 was that immature technology made effective remote work challenging. Ditto for Apple.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. The post Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

Software 70

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Other examples cover the gamut of industries – there’s Cheerios and Pampers (FCMG), Reebok and Nike (sports apparel), Lenovo (technology), Ritz Carlton (hospitality), and Lexus (automotive), so no one’s really left out.

Technical Review 159

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

From a technology point of view, new tech tools like generative AI means that tasks can be accomplished with fewer resources and at a higher speed. Maybe surprisingly, but emerging managers in particular, outperformed ‘blue chip’ funds from 2004 to 2020. Luck favours the bold!

Venture Capital 215

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Institutional Investors 215

The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The UN’s 2004 “Who Cares Wins” report was a major milestone, but it wasn’t until The Paris Agreement in 2015 that ESG took center stage, pushing companies to focus on environmental impact. The software provider leverages computer vision, geospatial technology, and AI to map nature-related impacts and dependencies.

Artificial Inteligence 147

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup Software Review 147

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. Pundits are mixed on whether FourSquare represents a major technology trend or a fad but undoubtedly it has captured the zeitgeist of the technology elite at this moment in time.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

In 2004-2005, I found out we were recruiting thousands of people I started to realize that many of these people who are coming in, those born after 1985 – they are behaving differently. But they may not be typically technology people, and certainly are not nerds. I hadn’t changed my leadership style, so what went wrong?

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Leadership Social Media Global Technical Review 206

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In 2004 Don moved to threat research. Don is helping evolve research operations and research technology in line with the growth of Malware. Don leverages a global team of researchers and advanced Crawler and Honey-Client technologies to proactively acquire Malware samples and threat intelligence.

Security 160

Security Mobile Software Review Technical Review 160

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2017

With more and more businesses embracing the efficiency and accessibility of on-the-go technology and online transactions now being processed quicker than ever, it’s no surprise that these new technologies are also attracting potential security threats. by David Midgley, Head of Operations at Total Processing.

Security 124

Security Software Review Technical Review Social Media 124

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. But what about the little guys?

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. These trends seem likely to persist.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Entrepreneur SBA United States 120

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2012

Needless to say that before you start and throughout the entire process, you should make sure that technological requirements are met. Serban Enache is the CEO of Dreamstime , the stock photography site he founded in 2004. A good service in action is way more relevant than sticking a banner in their face.

Social Media 231

Social Media Media Stock Clickthrough 231

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 28, 2018

The evolution of technology brought smokers a different experience called ‘vaping’. The vaping market has so far proven to be highly profitable, not only due to the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes, but also because technology plays a big part in the vaping market.

Technical Review 121

Technical Review Forecast Startup United States 121

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We''ve had to design and implement training programs to help on-board people to our culture and technology. The webcast is free with registration and will include a live Q&A with attendees. We have a blog that''s internal-only to capture important stories for prosperity.

Lean 167

Lean Startup Software Engineering Agile 167

Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Along the way, the group brought on another classmate, Joe Miller, to handle the technology end. Write it down on a napkin.

Detroit 156

Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Here’s why: Except for early adopters of technology and diehard environmental customers, most people aren’t buying a fuel type, they’re buying transportation. This exponential reduction in battery cost and improvement in battery technology, more than anything else, will affect both the cost and range of electric cars.

Artificial Inteligence 183

Artificial Inteligence Government Nevada Cost 183

Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2010

Of most interest is the story of Mr. Peter Thiel investing $500,000 into the company in 2004, at an effective valuation of $4.9 Thiel is part of the famous PayPal Mafia - former founders of PayPal and their friends that travel in the rarefied Silcon Valley air of next generation Internet ideas and technologies.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Social Media Valuation Channel 91

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Hopefully you haven’t heard of them before… Jivy Group - a mini-conglomerate of companies founded in 2004. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. Technology. Each week I’ll be profiling 2-3 startups that caught my attention. via TheMarker ). via theWadi ).

Israel 89

Israel South Africa Product Incubator 89

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Charlie started his own company, The Feld Group, in 1992 , when my company (Feld Technologies) was five years old. In addition to helping me understand a number of fundamental things about technology at scale, I got exposed to the complexity of very large organizations, both from the top down and outside in.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Boston Internet Venture Capital 150

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 5, 2004

Fred Wilson has a great post about building a “customer-obsessed company” as opposed to a “technology-obsessed company.” ” This is good advice and reminds me of a number of companies built during the bubble period which were technology companies in search of a problem to solve. This is a common problem.

Customer 78

Customer Software Review Technical Review Bootstrapping 78

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Our findings went into a book that we published in 2004 called The Visible Ops Handbook , which described how these organizations made their “good to great” transformation. Since then, this journey has taken me straight into the heart of the DevOps movement. Enter the Developers.

Phoenix 176

Phoenix Software Review Technical Review Cofounder 176

VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Imagindairy creates animal-free milk proteins from microorganisms via proprietary precision-fermentation technology. The list goes on and on.

Israel 78

Israel Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The technology is there to help consumers get a much better feel for online products, make sure you use it. The PCI DSS has existed since 2004 and is designed to secure debit and credit transactions against the threat of cyber-fraud and data breaches, employing a range of measures to do so. User-generated content.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Demand Social Media Mobile 113

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

That said, only three of these companies are software technology companies - TripAdvisor ($12.5B), athenahealth ($5.0B) and Starent ($2.8B) - and they were founded in 2000, 1997 and 2000, respectively. 2004), Kayak ($1.8B/2004) 2004) and Fleetmatics ($1.4B/2004), 2004), although the latter was founded in Dublin.

Boston 55

Boston Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review 55

Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

In more recent decades, additional technology has come to market to assist drivers. The first one took place in 2004 and was conducted in the Mojave Desert. But the underlying technology for perceiving the environment, mapping routes, and making decisions about unexpected situations all have a lot more work that needs to be done.

Virginia 100

Virginia Acquisition California Global 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones. Loyalty experts will swear this is not true, and will use complex models to demonstrate ROI of their systems.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

In 2004 I was a part-time flight attendant with a 10-year-old son living in Los Angeles. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). I asked around and colleagues had the same problem with no real solution. So, I decided to build the solution myself.

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