Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

Being designated as a Torch Program startup gave banks comfort to provide loans to these ventures for technology commercialization. But it wasn’t until 1998 that corporate-backed VC firms could be established, and that started a wave of VC funds backed by government, corporate and foreign capital. Like the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. 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. But RIM decided to hide all of that from their customers.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

In essense, let the market design the product. Series A rounds, where you raise a million dollars or more, will be custom deals for the forseeable future. The way to get really big returns is to do things that seem crazy, like starting a new search engine in 1998, or turning down a billion dollar acquisition offer.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. 2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. That’s it. That’s what we do. 3) Love Solving Puzzles.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We had two prospective clients this past week where their overall site design was good enough that they didn’t need a full redesign. You may have a great product or service and great design on your existing site, but you know you could be doing better. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.”. –

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

If you’re targeting top performers or poaching from competitors, the remaining steps of the recruiting process must be designed to “fit” the needs in the job search process of your targeted candidate if you expect to even gain their attention. He is a frequent speaker and advisor to Fortune 500 and Silicon Valley firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. We know that Twitter is leading to customer service opportunities for businesses but the opposite is also true.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It’s designed for small and mid size companies and it all started based on a focus of the employees. Our slogan is, “We heart employees,” and everything that we do is designed around usability for the employees. We’re a time tracking system. It’s a web-based time tracking system. Bates: You know Josh—.

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Diego Basch

MAY 25, 2011

He was referring to the time back in 1998 when I built an mp3 search engine in C, hosted it on my desktop computer, promoted it until it reached 200k daily queries, and made six figures out of it (all in a matter of months). ” I like that phrase, and I take it as a compliment. Do you have one? What alternatives do they have?

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