2004 disruption startup 
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 30, 2015
Will this bubble also end in a blaze of glory with companies shutting down left and right in a massive startup apocalypse? Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ?
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2023
When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?
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This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
What areas need to be disrupted? 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. With an influx of talented designers into startup communities, I think you'll see better, more effective launches and more useful services. Reader beware.).
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Did you miss the other Startup Battlefield VC judges?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2011
Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. Thank you, John. It was gaining traction in the marketplace.
TechCrunch
MAY 19, 2021
US rule changes could mean more startups would need government approval to hire immigrants. Acquisitions are an important element of the startup ecosystem. Despite best efforts, company failure is the most common outcome — more than 90% of startups fail. Accordingly, 58% of startups expect to be acquired.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. Enter Facebook. One I saw recently was PlaceIQ.
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