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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.

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Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy

VC Cafe

So much so, that the internet is already filled with articles such as “ 5 money lessons millennials can learn from Gen Z ”, explaining how those who were born after 1995 are improving the ways in which they make a profit. The post Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy appeared first on VC Cafe.

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8 Ways The Stakes Are Higher On Customer Expectations

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites.

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Why Businesses Must Grasp Millennial Thinking Or Face Economic Calamity

YoungUpstarts

Millennials are the generation born roughly from 1981 to 1995, meaning that the older millennials aren’t that far from 40. It is not uncommon for Millennials to candidly share details about their buying experiences, good or bad, on their public social media platforms. and that’s a lot of buying power. Information is essential.

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How AI And Big Data Are Changing Century-Old Media Companies

YoungUpstarts

by William Ammerman, author of “ The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning “ In the early days of the internet, the news was always free. Yet, from the beginnings of the internet age, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) never caved. Old Media Models Are Melting Down.

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5 Online Tips For Food Trucks to Grow Their Business

Kodorra

Born between 1980 and 1995, the timing of the rite of passage for this generation loosely coincides with the birth of the Internet and when digital technology went mainstream with compact discs, personal computers and mobile phones. Social media presence is a mandatory presence. Social media followers dig that.

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Customer Service Can Kill Your Customer’s Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites.

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