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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. And it may work.

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The Future Of Work Is Distributed

Feld Thoughts

My investments have always been geographically distributed across the US and I spent the majority of my time between Monday and Friday on the road. In 1995, at the dawn of the age of the commercial Internet, this involved landlines, answering machines, pagers, and fax machines. For many years, this was a function of travel.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Coursera is one of the biggest online educators with over 20 million registered users and 150 education partners which include universities from all over the world. “Acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.” ” Udemy.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. Brands like Samsung, LG, and Dunkin Donuts pay Meebo to advertise to users on our partner sites. Why do you love speaking to students at universities?

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

Coursera is one of the biggest online educators with over 20 million registered users and 150 education partners which include universities from all over the world. “Acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.” ” Udemy.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. As late as November 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book entitled The Road Ahead in which he predicted that the Information Super Highway would rule the future.

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