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I was around during 1999 and the three key differences are:

1. The audience for the web was very small, in fact most homes were still using dial up in 1999 since cable modems hadn't even taken off yet

2. Launching a startup took quite a great deal of money in 1999, today it's a mere fraction of what it use to cost

3. The economy in 1999 was pretty damn amazing, but the negative side of this is that there was a great deal of dumb money floating around



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