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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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8 Ways The Stakes Are Higher On Customer Expectations

Startup Professionals Musings

Generation Z (born after 1995) is a new major spending demographic, who expects to do everything via their smartphone, and lives on YouTube videos, instead of reading instruction manuals. You too can be listed as a source of amazing customer experiences. Optimize experiences for the new generations.

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Contact Centers Use Callback Technology To Reduce Customer Frustration

YoungUpstarts

In 1995, all that changed with the introduction of “Virtual Queue” to handle callback service. This left the customer in a vacuum, not knowing when a call would be returned, and it did little to reduce customer frustration at the expense of the company.

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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. According to the EY study, YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is one of the biggest hits.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

Now Netflix offers video streaming in 41 countries around the world. In 1995 the company went public and overnight I became the CEO of a public company. A few months later I looked into video rentals and then a friend told me about DVDs and I figured those would be light enough to mail, and based on that we got started with Netflix.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

” These tend to be video-based lectures accompanied by exercises or notes. Want to learn how to create a demo video in Apple’s Keynote ? A video preview of a lecture so you can get a feel for what the instructor is like. Online learning takes many forms. ” Udemy. Master leadership skills ? ” Khan Academy.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

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. Blog at WordPress.com.