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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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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

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In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. Companies that produce little value today might still receive high valuations due to high growth expectations. Constrained by such an early and weak technology platform, companies built poor applications. Much better.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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