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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

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Sharing the stories of organizational failure due to a lack of enterprise innovation can create a sense of urgency in employees and make them understand the stakes. Ironically, the founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, made an offer to Blockbuster to buy out Netflix for $50 million in 2000. Application Development Activity.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

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Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. Public market comparables. In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. It’s the valuation:value ratio. High valuations are fine if the underlying value is there.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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