Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Personal Technology. What They Know.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. JibJab has an ad model that relied on exclusive distribution deals with the big portals. Working with a family member (Evan, the co-founder is his brother)? That’s what JibJab focused on.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow. Adam Black, Founder KeyWifi.com. Jeff Stewart, Founder of Lenddo.

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