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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. Hoque notes the company’s ongoing success with blockbuster medicines and vaccines with household names, such as Zithromax, Lipitor and Viagra.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. Hoque notes the company’s ongoing success with blockbuster medicines and vaccines with household names, such as Zithromax, Lipitor and Viagra.

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Sphero Has Shipped!

Feld Thoughts

My little buddy, the robotic ball controlled by your smartphone named Sphero, has shipped and you can order a Sphero now ! I’ve worked with Paul since he co-founded Raindance Communications in 1997 and was delighted to quickly lead a seed financing for Orbotix.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Who’s Your Daddy? 5 Lessons from GoDaddy

Growthink Blog

The technology age has brought with it a long list of business related success stories. GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., There are plenty of cases where a small startup has managed to grow into a billion-dollar company.

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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

In its first two chapters, the book argues that while digital technology have rocked our worlds, the fundamentals of strong brands have not changed. A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. Strong Brands Still Matter.