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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. The New Exits.

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Which Investors Are Glad To Pay For Mediocre Performance?

David Teten

” It’s great reading for anyone that leans too heavily on the left side of the brain. The firm hires a lot of PhDs to do research and come out with a wonder drug, and then markets it widely with tons of PR. Teten : I’m not sure I agree, as inevitably some people will look like geniuses in a random distribution of outcomes.