SoCal CTO
JUNE 22, 2011
Back in 2006, I posted about the Promise of Web 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic and pointed out that Visual Basic was a huge innovation that allowed many new developers to build applications. We've been using Google Apps as the basis for developing some very interesting online applications.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 RIP 2.0. portfolios.
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Xconomy
MAY 15, 2017
San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs).
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2019
The same thing happened with algae biofuel companies in the 2006 and 2009 time frame. You then caught things like Web 2.0, Esolar raised over $100M, and SolarReserve had similar numbers, on top of stimulus money and loan guarantees.I think there ended up with mult-hundreds ofmillions given to BrightSource.
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2013
We started the company in the fall of 2006, launched in 2007, and have been offering our services to all kinds of mission critical websites since then. I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 They all depend on EdgeCast to deliver content to their customers, anywhere they are, on any device.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2008
There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0, The virtual worlds haven't really kept pace on how end user content has driven the growth of the web. We went and raised a Series A back in late 2006, and went on to win the audience award at TechCrunch40.
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