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Up until early summer 1998, eBay’s primary competition was Jerry Kaplan’s Onsale Exchange, which had launched in October 1997 and had failed to attract a critical mass. When Bob Kagle introduced eBay to Benchmark’s limited partners at the annual meeting in early June, eBay had an 89 percent market share. Kagle said that the company anticipated
... See moreRandall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
You can’t understand personal computing and the techno-economic transition it brought about if you don’t keep in mind that it was all about radical entrepreneurs sealing an alliance with returns-hungry venture capitalists.
Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Average Is Over,
Paul Vigna , Michael J. Casey • The Age of Cryptocurrency
So, it’s very clearly, very soon... See more
Michael Lazerow • Venture Capital in a Decentralized World
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Then there was the man who gave his name to the era, Ronald Reagan, crusader against big government, defender of deregulated markets, standard-bearer of what he called “the decade of the entrepreneur.” For the Great Communicator, no place or industry better exemplified American free enterprise at work than Silicon Valley, and he was particularly
... See moreMargaret O'Mara • The Code
Paradoxically, the challenge for the entrepreneurs who will create Energy 2.0 is to think small.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
A venture capitalist in today’s economy can fund a company like Instagram, which was eventually sold for a billion dollars, while employing only thirteen people.