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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt.

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How to Start a Startup

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During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell.

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