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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. How to Interpret Analyst Reports. Stats sell. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. People throw them around at cocktail parties. of all statistics are made up.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? What do these new realities mean for the content creators of new media and for traditional studios, filmmakers, producers, and distributors? Nothing is more important to U.S.

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It’s Better to Beg for Forgiveness than to Ask for Permission

Both Sides of the Table

Having grown up in Northern California and living near a Japanese family when I was really young, I always had a fascination with Japan and wanted to live there. In 1999 I was working in the London offices of Andersen Consulting. Both Tyler & I are Nihon -files. It was right up my alley in terms of skill sets and interests.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

By way of anecdote, from the time Dave Lavinsky and I founded Growthink in 1999 through 2008, more than 95% of our firm’s clients and investors were U.S. Entertainments in all their wondrous forms – Movies, Video Games, Social Media and Networks (think LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter). Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S.

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The REAL Story Behind Growthink

Growthink Blog

It was a sunny day in August 1999 (I remember that because I was living in Santa Monica, CA at the time and every day was sunny). When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. back to August 1999. But I also realized that I needed a story to pitch the media. It was August 1999.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Austin has been one the fastest growing cities in the country for the past 20 years that I’ve been here, but it feels like COVID-19 and California wildfires broke the floodgates already under pressure from high taxes and expensive real estate in landlocked coastal cities. How do you meet them?

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Why Venture Capital No Longer Defines Innovation

ReadWriteStart

billion into startups nationwide, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California ( PDF ). million on Kickstarter is a perfect example of how venture capital is being complemented by new approaches propelled by social media. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 Slimmer Pickings.