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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup”

Steve Blank

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). Companies can do anything legal.

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

View from Seed

But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! Looking at an independent studies evaluation of government funded retraining programs shows that their efficacy rate tends to be between 0 and 15%.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

We started out serving charter schools, very quickly expanded our program to be able to be relevant for public district schools. Even up until this year, probably three quarters of our business was in schools and then the remaining part of the work that we did was in afterschool programs, preschools.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net. Networks are both safety nets and trampolines. You can listen to the podcast of this discussion here.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. The risk-averse argument is that a strong network is a safety net. Networks are both safety nets and trampolines. You can listen to the podcast of this discussion here.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

His successor, however, will be tasked with expanding the school’s offerings to include both a pre-school program and a college partnership initiative due to changes in the community and the competitive landscape. Executive transitions are not new to the governance realm, but they might well be more abundant.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. The program recorded an increase of 20% to 40% in players’ actual on-court/ice stats.

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