Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Bill’s closing line, “The reason why Silicon Valley is so successful is that it’s so fxxxng far away from Washington” received great applause. And why was Bill’s advice of staying away from Washington flawed for startups? We were content Washington didn’t know we existed. Regulation What’s regulatory capture? Why is it bad?
The Startup Lawyer
OCTOBER 26, 2010
She co-founded an aircraft scheduling software company in 1998 that ended in a profitable exit. Danica was an adjunct professor of entertainment law at Washington University School of Law for five years, and she has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2007.
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Hearpreneur
JUNE 14, 2017
million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 4, 2012
1998 – the MPAA got congress to pass the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), making it illegal for you to make a digital copy of a DVD that you actually purchased. But why does the movie business think their solution is in Washington and legislation? The reality? Regulation/Legislation. History and success.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 12, 2009
I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.” years in 1998 to 9.6 from the WSJ editorial).
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 19, 2009
One, which is described in great detail in the Mythical Man-Month (in finding that link, I discovered that today is coincidentally the exact 11th anniversary of my first purchasing that book: Jan 19, 1998), is that as you add people to a team or project, there is an increase in communications overhead that makes everyone slightly less productive.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 8, 2009
In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. Eric, what you've termed 'datablindness' seems to be a common affliction in fields which experience a sudden rise in the volume of data they have access to. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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