thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011). Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In 1999, about the same time RIM introduced its first interactive pager, another advanced technology company, TiVo , shipped its first product. This results in a much slower adoption curve – the classic hockey stick. Video Recording. New Market Revenue Curve.

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Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 279

BeyondVC

JANUARY 22, 2009

.  As a VC, you couldn't believe them, but it didn't stop every entrepreneur from using the hockey stick projections in their business plans.    Anyway, he went to start Pseudo.com, one of the first production companies for webisodes and streaming media. 

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Hockey Stick Web New York Social Network 60

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

A startup in a New Market (enabling customers to do something they never could before,) might be unprofitable for 5 or more years, (hopefully with the traditional hockey stick revenue curve,) while one in an Existing Market might be generating cash in 12-18 months.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 223