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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. From sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business: Pay-per view TV, cable and satellite channels, video rentals, DVD sales, online subscriptions and digital downloads. Where did the other $57 billion come from?

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No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer – The 5.2 billion dollar mistake.

Steve Blank

But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. They made other assumptions about the type of sales channel, partnerships and revenue model they would need. Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Development could have changed the outcome. What went wrong?