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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

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What is the future of Pay-Per-View/Video-on-Demand (PPV and VOD)? Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1 What is the future for good-old fashioned DVD rentals and sales? He is a current member of the California State Bar, and the Hollywood Writers Guild. Has the U.S. in History from UCLA.

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

With that implicit assumption, startups hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies while marketing creates a brand and buzz to create demand and drive it into the sales channel (web, direct salesforce, etc.) They never understood Market Type. Why does Market Type matter?

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. .

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

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Discover the secrets and strategies of how your business can achieve the frictionless sale. Then they move into demanding a person who demanded excellence of himself and others around him. I mean, there a lot of people that felt absolutely very demanding. So I think I'm the only Carmine Gallo in California.

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

What is the future of Pay-Per-View/Video-on-Demand (PPV and VOD)? Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1 What is the future for good-old fashioned DVD rentals and sales? He is a current member of the California State Bar, and the Hollywood Writers Guild. Has the U.S. in History from UCLA.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Founders cant demand such concessions unless their companies are doing well.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. High unemployment, wage stagnation, lowering real estate prices and the lowering of demand for products may lead to deflation (where prices of goods & services decrease each month – i.e. the opposite of inflation).