Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
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. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around. Mobile is another very important distribution place for the internet and Meebo is on the iPhone, Android, and BB. For Meebo 1.3% What is your mobile strategy?
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 12, 2016
After years owning and operating my own companies, I found myself at age sixty-four in a senior executive position with a manufacturing and distribution company, doing work I liked and making a contribution. Need a thirty-minute PowerPoint presentation for a client? Got a question about why the laptop isn’t working?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo!
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Let’s say you’re a distributed startup team frustrated with your web meeting software. Reduce the amount of irrelevant or secondary information and options presented. Remove distracting sections of the site that are unrelated, simplify the navigation, change images to match their demographic, etc. Understand. Conclusion.
aweissman.com
APRIL 14, 2010
All of it made me think back to my youth, the days of AOL, around 1995-1997. Indeed you can still see today he uses the same modified AOL logo he used back then: As a platform, this worked precisely because AOL provided the two key components every platform must deliver to create value: distribution , and monetization. Until it didnt.
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