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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. The Rise of the Lean Startup. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

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.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# In 1995 Netscape IPO’d and browsers started to become more prevalent. IdeaLab has a philosophy that if they can get a centralized group of expert staff to help with legal, accounting, recruiting, PR, etc.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I purchased my first home back in 1995 and it was obvious that most on our street were also first-time buyers. I also wanted something that didn’t have my name in it in the event I wanted to sell my company in the future. Eventually we landed on Red Shoes PR. Thanks to Lisa Cruz, Red Shoes PR.

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