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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. Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. How to Interpret Analyst Reports.

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

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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. Business, professional, and technical services were the fifth largest U.S. Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S. service exports – increasingly from U.S. based opportunities.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. more in Tech. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal. Edition Home.

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

NEW media has become the home of innovation and imagination. Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D. Has the U.S.

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.