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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Myspace, Facebook).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1994 – “Consumers are fickle and unpredictable. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Myspace, Facebook).

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. Fundamentally, we share the common concern that many of the new “Ecommerce 2.0”

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Michael Parekh , a Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former Partner at Goldman Sachs, and Founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994, Michael has been living online since the early days of CompuServe in the 80s and AOL in the ’90s. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!

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Episode 60: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs with Stan Shields

Mike Michalowicz

Stan Shields is a martial arts professional who began operating a martial arts school in January 2002 (nearly 14 years now). Shields professional background also includes approximately 15 years in Human Resources, 3 years in financial services sales, another 5 years in technology sales, and a variety of other positions in corporate America.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Card,” which has been published annually since 1994, grades Central Bank governors of 30 key countries, and the ECB, according to an “A” to “F” scale for their performance and success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.