Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. Using this idea to differentiate themselves as the hot new Silicon Valley VCs, some of his former business school students made this phrase their rallying cry. The only problem is that it’s simply not true. Golder and G.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1998 RIM quickly followed this up with a next generation product with an 8-line display, ran on AA batteries and would last 500 hours. New Market Revenue Curve. Instead the company used most its cash on marketing and advertising in trying to define a new product category and accelerate adoption. RIM Interactive Pager 900.

Hockey Stick 271

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2011

More interesting than the fact that it beat out “nom nom nom,&# the cheery affirmation of cookie love by childhood favorite Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, was that the 1998 Word of the Year was the tech prefix “e&# as in eCommerce. expanded features and functions). app subscription, requiring a monthly fee.

eCommerce 83

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. companies versus the Web 1.0

Social Network 318

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