1997 Engineer Government Technology 
Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2020
I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. His message was that existing companies are great at sustaining technologies and products but were ignoring the threat of disruption. Christensen explained it wasn’t that existing companies didn’t see the new technologies/ products/ markets. Eye Opening.
Pascal's View
MARCH 18, 2010
Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? This is the ninth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Yes I do. I believe that the U.S.
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Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country. 6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. warned a technology forum this week that without a change in U.S. Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up.
Pascal's View
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago. In the 1990s the U.S.
Steve Blank
MARCH 29, 2016
government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Did you encounter organizational inertia?
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. We hear lots of talk from government officials about developing entrepreneurs. They have an admirable initiative to inspire entrepreneurialism in engineering and technology students. That is not good.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.
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