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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

What is the future for good-old fashioned DVD rentals and sales? In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. He is a current member of the California State Bar, and the Hollywood Writers Guild.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Market Type affects your spending and sales ramp after you reach product/market fit. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. You say, “Market Type affects your spending and sales ramp after you reach product/market fit.&# Are you entering an existing market, resegmenting an existing market, or creating an entirely new market?”

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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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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. I’ve tried different things in India – sales training, software sales, advising entrepreneurs. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Driving across the U.S. is an adventure everyone ought to do.

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Do Movies Even Matter Anymore?

Growthink Blog

What is the future for good-old fashioned DVD rentals and sales? In 1999, Lee joined the Silicon Valley new media content contingent as an Internet-company CEO, and has since founded two innovative Los Angeles media companies. He is a current member of the California State Bar, and the Hollywood Writers Guild.